Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:10:51 +0000 From: Anthony Perkins <anthony@acperkins.com> To: Mark Robert Vaughan Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Patch: Add option to fmt to ignore email reply lines Message-ID: <20131126121050.GC73645@ul9n> In-Reply-To: <E05FEFD7-02C5-461F-A977-4743FB34A9DB@FreeBSD.org> References: <20131125125430.GC67451@ul9n> <E05FEFD7-02C5-461F-A977-4743FB34A9DB@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 09:58:12PM +0000, Mark Robert Vaughan Murray wrote: > > You may want to extend your idea a bit and do what par (ports/textproc/par) > does. This is a paragraph reformatter that takes the quoting into account, > replacing it after the paragraph wrapping. I did consider doing this but decided against it on the basis that the incoming mail from the previous sender was unpredictable. If it included, for example, a list of a few short sentences or bullet points these would all be combined into one long paragraph in the reply. If others also feel this would be desirable I will look at implementing it with an updated patch. Many thanks, Anthony
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