On Sunday 03 March 2002 05:29 pm, you wrote: > On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 01:45:43PM -0500, Hoyt wrote: > > Why don't we remove the dashes by default until the authors make it a > > configurable option giving the user the choice? If you _like_ the dashes > > (and the FAQ author appears to like them so much, in fact, that he will > > gleefully force you to use them), they can easily be added to the sig > > file. > > Why don't you just quit using Kmail if it bugs you so much?
That's an overly simplistic response. > I seriously doubt that Mandrake patching the application is going to change > the attitude of the author. > I suppose Mandrake just might impact program development efforts. It continues to build market share and attract interest so it follows that its decisions could affect development. > And it's not like you don't have a choice. Mandrake ships with what 6 > email clients at least? None of which I care for after trying them. Linux shouldn't be about being forced to use what you don't want. And I suppose one could argue that there is a choice after all; I hope the author at least made is easy to patch the source code. 8) However, there are some valid points to be made for the two dashes. Look at http://lists.kde.org/?l=kmail&m=99189988725626&w=2 And I can see the point, but that still doesn't excuse the offensive nature of the FAQ. Perhaps the FAQ author should put more effort into education if he's so convinced he's right. It seems to me that if there were enough complaints to put it in the FAQ, there is some desire for it to be an option. With the dashed -removed- by default, one only needs to put them in their sig if it is desired. It could pop up by default in the sig editing window (with the capability to be erased) and that's fine.That's a lot easier that patching the source code and recompiling.That's all I'm asking. -- Hoyt
