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From: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
Subject: Re: A small, but useful patch!
Date: 27 Nov 1996 19:51:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <rjohgjs75l.fsf@babbage.dina.kvl.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Hrvoje Niksic's message of 27 Nov 1996 19:39:52 +0100

Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Per Abrahamsen (abraham@dina.kvl.dk) wrote:
> > SOR> 	  NOTE:  It  may seem superfluous to put a prefix on
> > SOR> 	  empty lines, but it simplifies  implementation  of
> > SOR> 	  functions  such as "skip all quoted text" in read-
> > SOR> 	  ing agents.
> 
> If this is the only reason for such behavior, we can safely ignore it,
> since Gnus is perfectly capable of skipping all quoted text (the point
> is set up conveniently).

The quote is: ``in *reading* agents''.  I don't think we yet can
assume that everybody are using Gnus to read the messages.

> Can you please post a patch that does it?  BTW, will it also affect
> M-h and such?

No, and yes.


  reply	other threads:[~1996-11-27 18:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-11-27 15:57 Hrvoje Niksic
1996-11-27 16:45 ` Per Abrahamsen
1996-11-27 18:39   ` Hrvoje Niksic
1996-11-27 18:51     ` Per Abrahamsen [this message]
1996-11-28  9:19       ` Hrvoje Niksic
1996-11-28  9:47         ` Kai Grossjohann
1996-11-28  9:53           ` Hrvoje Niksic
1996-11-28 10:00             ` Kai Grossjohann
1996-11-28 22:28 St. Suika Fenderson Roberts

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