Re: Was: Re: [Dev-C++] Re: Dev-cpp-users digest, Vol 1 #1071 - 9 msgs

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

No, actually it isn't that simple. My mail client doesn't have
any delete line or delete block support. But you are in part correct.
Anyone reading this list in digest form should do whatever necessary to
split the digest before answering, and in this special case, I might have
answered without any of the original text.

But, in the general case, I only have the following alternatives.

1 - I could totally ignore answering.
2 - I could answer without query text. However, many questions do require
the query text.
3 - I could answer the mail as-is.
4 - I could spend a couple minutes with my delete button pressed. But that
would of course result in too many lines being deleted, especially since
I'm running through a telnet connection, jumping a lot of computers on the
route which means I regularly have significant lag between button press
and visible action.

I prefer alternative 3. If that isn't an option, then I would have to go
for alternative 1 - no answer, or 2 - often unreadable answer.

I have at a copule of times tried a unix cut-paste operation. However,
that requires me to:
1 - mark mail test with mouse.
2 - open separate editor.
3 - paste mouse selection into editor
4 - compose new mail.
5 - mark editor text with mouse.
6 - paste mouse selection into mail client.

However, that method has at several times result in lost characters, words
or even complete lines in the finished mail (unreliable transport, or
buffer overrun somewhere). And since the mail client doesn't support
line/block delete, I would - in case I notice a significant problem - have
to spend a couple of minutes trying to delete all text again...

/Per W

On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Jerry van Dijk wrote:

> 
> Per,
> 
> Please note that your single email was more than 32Kb and used a complete
> digest, as you quoted the complete previous digest. As you did this before
> could you please trim your posts, out of respect for others peoples phonebill?
> :-)
> 
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> --  Jerry van Dijk   | email: jv...@at...
> --  Leiden, Holland  | web:   users.ncrvnet.nl/gmvdijk
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