[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-22 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Matthias, On 22 October 2010 05:27, Matthias Danzl wrote: > On 10/21/2010 10:10 AM, suvayu ali wrote: >> On 20 October 2010 20:40, Nick Dokos wrote: >>> Given the mangling that mailers do to replies (e.g. the idiotic default >>> top posting of Thunderbird and its ilk), how they handle signatu

[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-22 Thread Matthias Danzl
On 10/21/2010 10:10 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > On 20 October 2010 20:40, Nick Dokos wrote: >> Given the mangling that mailers do to replies (e.g. the idiotic default >> top posting of Thunderbird and its ilk), how they handle signatures, and >> the non-standard nature of signatures themselves, I'd sa

[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-22 Thread Tassilo Horn
Sébastien Vauban writes: > --8<---cut here---start->8--- > date > --8<---cut here---end--->8--- > > is still good. for code.. ;-) and maybe supported in other emailers > than Gnus? I'm not sure, but `C-u C-c M-m' inserts ver

[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-22 Thread Sébastien Vauban
Hi Nick, Nick Dokos wrote: > Jeff Horn wrote: > I use boxquote.el (see http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BoxQuote) for the > above style, but as Samuel and Bernt point out that's not the best way > for quoting material where the recipient is expected to use the quoted > material (e.g. code snippets)

Re: [Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-21 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Nick, On 20 October 2010 20:40, Nick Dokos wrote: > Given the mangling that mailers do to replies (e.g. the idiotic default > top posting of Thunderbird and its ilk), how they handle signatures, and > the non-standard nature of signatures themselves, I'd say this is pretty > much hopeless. Af

Re: [Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-21 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Tassilo, On 21 October 2010 00:45, Tassilo Horn wrote: > suvayu ali writes: > > Hi! > >> Also in my case, the footnotes appear below the signature. I have to >> manually move it above that before sending the email. Would be awesome >> if org-footnote-action understood signatures somehow. > >

[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-21 Thread Tassilo Horn
suvayu ali writes: Hi! > Also in my case, the footnotes appear below the signature. I have to > manually move it above that before sending the email. Would be awesome > if org-footnote-action understood signatures somehow. Hm, I don't use org-mode and its functions when writing mails using Gnus

[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-20 Thread Noorul Islam K M
Matt Lundin writes: > Jeff Horn writes: > >> Firstly, I notice some of the regular posters wrap org source in the >> #+ style org wrappers, others use a <--8--cut-here---8--> > >> My first question is two-fold: 1) how did you come to use this style >> for quoting code in your replies: > > As ot

Re: [Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-20 Thread Nick Dokos
suvayu ali wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > On 20 October 2010 18:55, Matt Lundin wrote: > > I simply have a global binding for org-footnote-action, which enables me > > to insert footnotes anywhere.[1] > > > > I do that too, but it shows up as [fn:1] for me. Is there some > variable I can customise to g

Re: [Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-20 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Jeff, On 20 October 2010 18:55, Matt Lundin wrote: > I simply have a global binding for org-footnote-action, which enables me > to insert footnotes anywhere.[1] > I do that too, but it shows up as [fn:1] for me. Is there some variable I can customise to get it as [1] when I am using it outsid

[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-20 Thread Matt Lundin
Jeff Horn writes: > Firstly, I notice some of the regular posters wrap org source in the > #+ style org wrappers, others use a <--8--cut-here---8--> > My first question is two-fold: 1) how did you come to use this style > for quoting code in your replies: As others have mentioned, I use C-c M-

[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-20 Thread Bernt Hansen
Samuel Wales writes: > On 2010-10-19, Jeff Horn wrote: >> . >> | like this >> | or this >> .__ > > As it can be an obstacle for people who are new to Emacs to remove the > rectangle, > I do > > === > This > === Gnus provides a function to --8<---cut here---start

[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-19 Thread Glyn Millington
Jeff Horn writes: > Dear orgsters, > > I've had a few nagging questions that I didn't think warranted too > much discussion, but my curiosity has gotten the better of me this > evening. > > Firstly, I notice some of the regular posters wrap org source in the > #+ style org wrappers, others use a

[Orgmode] Re: A few questions about how you write e-mails

2010-10-19 Thread Noorul Islam K M
Jeff Horn writes: > Dear orgsters, > > I've had a few nagging questions that I didn't think warranted too > much discussion, but my curiosity has gotten the better of me this > evening. > > Firstly, I notice some of the regular posters wrap org source in the > #+ style org wrappers, others use a