Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:17:28 +0000 From: Mark Robert Vaughan Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> To: Anthony Perkins <anthony@acperkins.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Patch: Add option to fmt to ignore email reply lines Message-ID: <A7FFBF26-3573-4DAC-861C-7D2C8CA21B2E@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20131126121050.GC73645@ul9n> References: <20131125125430.GC67451@ul9n> <E05FEFD7-02C5-461F-A977-4743FB34A9DB@FreeBSD.org> <20131126121050.GC73645@ul9n>
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--Apple-Mail=_CF5860DF-0A89-48FE-98FA-E4BDAD87EBC1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 26 Nov 2013, at 12:10, Anthony Perkins <anthony@acperkins.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 09:58:12PM +0000, Mark Robert Vaughan Murray > wrote: >>=20 >> 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. >=20 > 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. Not true. In fact par is rather good at preserving changing indent = levels. Its not perfect, but its darn good. > If others also feel this would be desirable I will look at = implementing > it with an updated patch. Yes please! M --=20 Mark R V Murray --Apple-Mail=_CF5860DF-0A89-48FE-98FA-E4BDAD87EBC1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQCVAwUBUpUB3d58vKOKE6LNAQrpQAP/SejxDnuYx6hYSFPC+nQXo2CX8vU/Xq5I Q97QNdgAYncnItjXLaHF8L5Lcij9dl1Kyt/8o/TSpG6W/sIYgcY0hadqQgHd4pDV MXJyHJSX4J3XdbbnCysh1vHbMlxHUYF18V48UuvNpqJpFhQmpWso7+zP5msk/GqR ZDAzXAN/Aek= =jLeQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_CF5860DF-0A89-48FE-98FA-E4BDAD87EBC1--
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