Re: Doc typos and a question

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:

> / Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> was heard to say:
> | Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:
> |> Now for my question, what's the intended difference between
> |> message-yank-prefix and message-yank-cited-prefix?
> |
> | One is used to cite cited text, the other to cite non-cited text.
>
> Does this boil down to: "one is used for blank lines and one is used for
> non-blank lines?"

Not in general, no.

> If not, what does it mean to "cite non-cited text"?

message-yank-cited-prefix is used if the text that is to be cited is
already cited, e.g.:

> foo bar

instead of

foo bar.

This is so that you get this look:

>>>> foo bar
>>> bar foo
>> foo bar
> bar foo

foo bar

instead of

> > > > foo bar
> > > bar foo
> > foo bar
> bar foo

foo bar

which seems to be suggested by RFC 2822 or USEFOR (or maybe both).