SCHAFER@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (Richard A. Schafer) (01/12/90)
On Thu, 11 Jan 90 15:25:04 EDT Juan M. Courcoul said: >I'm wondering if this is just a quirk of my installation or if it is a >genuine bug. > >When you execute a REPLY TEXT subcommand, the outgoing letter's header >and the previous letter's text is placed on a XEDIT buffer onscreen, but >there are no blank lines to write in, after the included text ! Previously, >there would be a full page for your reply. > > >Juan With a little cheek, I quote from the "Bugs Fixed" section of MAIL89 CHANGES: 13. REPLY TEXT was being started with a full screen of blank lines. The text will now be included without any additional blank lines. I expect I will be convinced to change this back, but not putting the blank page does, I believe, encourage people to edit the original, rather than including a 250 page original and responding to 5 lines of it. Richard
JEFF@UTCVM.BITNET (Jeffrey R Kell) (01/13/90)
On Thu, 11 Jan 90 16:40:24 CST Richard A. Schafer said: >On Thu, 11 Jan 90 15:25:04 EDT Juan M. Courcoul said: >>When you execute a REPLY TEXT subcommand, the outgoing letter's header >>and the previous letter's text is placed on a XEDIT buffer onscreen, but >>there are no blank lines to write in, after the included text ! Previously, >>there would be a full page for your reply. >With a little cheek, I quote from the "Bugs Fixed" section of MAIL89 CHANGES: >13. REPLY TEXT was being started with a full screen of blank lines. > The text will now be included without any additional blank lines. >I expect I will be convinced to change this back [...] The blank page was OK but you came up with the current line at the bottom of the new page rather than at the bottom of the included text (or top, or any other convenient place). How about a hybrid solution? :-)