F8(1) vs multimedia production(0)

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 00:45 +0930, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
> >> But it doesn't, the quoted text is right at the top of the page. 
> >> That's not exactly conducive to typing there.
> 
> Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > IIRC this is actually what it used to do (I may be wrong).
> 
> It's what it actually does, here...

Not here. but I suspect you may have reversed the sense of what I was
trying to say, which is that Evo 2.22.3 does not insert extra space
before the quoted material. Some earlier versions did.

> > Why it stopped doing that but didn't go the whole hog and actually put
> > the cursor at the bottom is something I don't understand. The current
> > behaviour looks like something no-one is likely to be happy with.
> 
> There's just no pleasing some people.../python  ;-)
> > 
> > Also, moving the cursor to the bottom can only be done using the mouse
> 
> Nup, I didn't need the mouse to move it.  If anything, having the mouse
> at the top is quicker for when first remove extraneous quoted material.
> Most replies require quite a bit of snippage, often in more than one
> place.
> 
> > The insane thing is that it still does this even when you quote
> > selectively, i.e. when it's even more likely that you want to add
> > something *after* the quoted material.
> 
> Yes, in that case, it would make more sense to place the cursor at the
> end.
> 
> I'm not saying Evolution's not annoying (he says, smirking at the pun),
> but I find other clients even more so.

I agree, which is why I use Evo more than 90% of the time. I still want
to make it better though (and the cursor thing is my least important
complaint).

poc