From: "Edward J. Sabol" <sabol@thuban.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: 5.2.20 nits/fixes (with patches for most)
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 19:00:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199606192300.TAA29647@thuban.gsfc.nasa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <w8syblj92e0.fsf@aegir.ifi.uio.no> (message from Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen on 19 Jun 1996 18:36:55 +0200)
Excerpts from mail: (19-Jun-96) Re: 5.2.20 nits/fixes (with patches for most) by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
>> - message-insert-signature adds a gratuitous blank line at the end of the
>> text if the text already ends in a newline.
>
> An extra newline before the signature separator? Hm, yes... It removes
> all whitespace at the end of the message before inserting the
> signature, and it inserts a blank line before the separator. This is
> slightly fascist. Should it do this or not?
I like the blank line between the "^-- $" and the message text. I prefer to
think of the signature separator as "\n-- \n" as opposed to simply "-- \n".
YMMV, however.
Later,
Ed
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-06-19 23:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-06-19 15:52 Christopher Davis
1996-06-19 16:36 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-06-19 20:29 ` Christopher Davis
1996-06-20 6:44 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-06-20 14:24 ` Hallvard B Furuseth
1996-06-20 14:37 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-06-19 23:00 ` Edward J. Sabol [this message]
1996-06-20 4:05 ` Firebeard
1996-06-21 15:35 ` Christopher Davis
1996-06-21 15:50 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-06-21 17:24 ` Christopher Davis
1996-06-22 9:04 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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