Replying with a quote with a quote

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The discussion centers around the limitations of the "reply with quote" feature in a forum, specifically regarding the disappearance of second-level quotes when quoting a post that already contains quotes. Users express a desire for nested quotes to be visible, as they were in previous forum versions. A workaround is suggested: instead of using the quote button, users can manually insert quote tags using square brackets instead of angle brackets to create nested quotes. This method allows for longer quoted posts, although it requires more effort from users. The conversation also humorously touches on the idea of the extra effort being a form of exercise.
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I noticed that when I use the "reply with quote" feature, and the post that I want to quote already quotes in it, those 2nd-level quotes just disappear when I go to type my reply. It would be great if nested quotes would appear. Thanks.
 
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What? We can't have those long long quoted posts like we used to in PF 2?
 
You Can , Just Forget About The Quote Button At The Top , And Wrote The Quote Tags By Yourself .
Use [] Instead Of <>

<quote>
What? We can't have those long long quoted posts like we used to in PF 2?</quote>

<quote>I noticed that when I use the "reply with quote" feature, and the post that I want to quote already quotes in it, those 2nd-level quotes just disappear when I go to type my reply. It would be great if nested quotes would appear. Thanks.</quote>
 
Actually, to make them nested, you need another <quote> tag at the top, and get rid of the tag at the top of the second quote, as follows:

<quote>[/color]
<quote>
What? We can't have those long long quoted posts like we used to in PF 2?</quote>

I noticed that when I use the "reply with quote" feature, and the post that I want to quote already quotes in it, those 2nd-level quotes just disappear when I go to type my reply. It would be great if nested quotes would appear. Thanks.</quote>
 
So no more being lazy for me.. bugger!
 
hey it will burn calories! well that's what the people on channel 10 say anyways...
 
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