From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/49706 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: " (was: " hardcoded in message-change-subject (patch) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:58:12 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <87el6vkhlz.fsf@unix.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043863044 14714 80.91.224.249 (29 Jan 2003 17:57:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:57:24 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18dwSg-0003p4-00 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:57:22 +0100 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 18dwTp-00068T-00; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:58:33 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:59:29 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (sclp3.sclp.com [66.230.238.2]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA02476 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:59:17 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 46253 invoked by alias); 29 Jan 2003 17:58:16 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 46248 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2003 17:58:16 -0000 Original-Received: from 178.230.13.217.in-addr.dgcsystems.net (HELO yxa.extundo.com) (217.13.230.178) by 66.230.238.6 with SMTP; 29 Jan 2003 17:58:16 -0000 Original-Received: from latte.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0THwCeE019671 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:58:12 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Payment: hashcash 1.1 0:030129:ding@gnus.org:8884ab6d5610c6c6 X-Hashcash: 0:030129:ding@gnus.org:8884ab6d5610c6c6 In-Reply-To: <87el6vkhlz.fsf@unix.home> (deskpot@myrealbox.com's message of "Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:09:44 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Face: $uE40g26bSBz:7_i5d,,_~>1,7\~848A:jNZ5WYBRjD@MurE}fc-lA3d@Y}ffA2Lo)W2j-/ |tx$A=HgsJ#kX5+Z%vk=?i>2^a=bVAj|Jd]^_xXbWcd6+I=\bHq{?'7-k%zp'p I've noted, ``was:'', inserted by message-change-subject, is lowercase. > I think, it would be nicer to have it capitalized (as ``Re:''), but I'm > not sure, everyone would agree with it (opinions, anyone?). FWIW, the usefor draft uses lower case "was:": ,---- | In the following examples, please note that only "Re: " is mandated | by this standard. "was: " is a convention used by many English- | speaking posters to signal a change in subject matter. Software can | always recognize such changes from the References-header. | | Subject: Film at 11 | Subject: Re: Film at 11 | Subject: Godwin's law considered harmful (was: Film at 11) | Subject: Godwin's law (was: Film at 11) | Subject: Re: Godwin's law (was: Film at 11) | Subject: Re: Godwin's law `---- I could not find a more canonical specification of it. > Attached is the patch for making "was: " go in a variable to make > everyone happy. If it is added, IMHO it should not be advertised much or include a prominent warning in the docstring that changing it from the default can cause irritation. Compare the bad behaviour caused by some MUAs that translate Re: etc.