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Off topic, but can anyone tell me the history of [SOME DATA FORMAT] --- [SOME OTHER DATA FORMAT] ? I'm sure there must be a better way to have multiple dat

Off topic, but can anyone tell me the history of [SOME DATA FORMAT] --- [SOME OTHER DATA FORMAT] ? I'm sure there must be a better way to have multiple data types in a single file than just searching for '\n---\n' and splitting, no? What's the general principal when one data-block has a '\n---\n' in it's data? I first saw it in Jekyll, I believe they call it 'Front Matter' (Though their implementation seems to be using a '---\n' to start the block) but I can't find any more information on it. Is it some sort of standard/specification/thingy I've completely missed?

Terretta 15y ago
Some email clients also chuck anything after a line with just two or three dashes. I believe I recall that in things as old as Eudora or as recent as Entourage. Used to be that you'd put \n-- \n before your sig, and then replies would omit the sig. ADDED: See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block "The formatting of the sig block is prescribed somewhat more firmly: it should be displayed as plain text in a fixed-width font (no HTML, images, or other rich text), and must be delimited from the body of the message by a single line consisting of exactly two hyphens, followed by a space, followed by the end of line (i.e., "-- \n").[1] This latter prescription, which goes by many names, including "sig dashes", "signature cut line", "sig-marker", and "sig separator", allows software to automatically mark or remove the sig block as the receiver desires." 1. The links in Wikipedia reference RFCs dating back to 1994.