Re: Patches
On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 09:38:51AM -0700, Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2004-07-09, TAKAHASHI Tamotsu <ttakah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 09 Jul 2004, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > > patch-1.5.5.1.gj.sigontop_space_fix.1
> > > Patch to add blank line following 'sigontop' signature. Bug
> > > fix.
> >
> > Really a bug? I don't think so.
> > Just "echo >> ~/.signature" does.
>
> That works fine if you always use 'sigontop', but I switch back and
> forth a lot, putting my signature on the bottom whenever I can but
> putting it on top when I reply to those lengthy TOFU conversations
> from Outlook users.
>
> I guess it's hard to argue about the "proper" way to put a signature
> at the top given that it belongs at the bottom, but it seems that
> when put at the top it ought to be separated from the following
> text.
I see. No proper way, no bug.
And no one will be annoyed by your patch. Some by current behaviour.
You can do "send-hook '~h x-mimeole:' signature=~/.signature.OE" or
such tricks, but they are all troublesome.
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tamo