Re: [GNC] Formatting reply posts (Re: Copy a month's budget)
> On Jan 12, 2019, at 3:11 PM, aeg via gnucash-user > wrote: > > It's good to see that the formatting issue is being addressed and my > suggestion is as follows... > - Italicise all quoted text from previous contributors. In addition to the other replies noting that the italics suggestion might involve others having to compose in HTML, note that: how received e-mail is displayed is up to you, the receiver as well. Most mail clients allow you to specify a font, variant, size, and even color for all text, particularly that which is quoted from previous messages. I happen to be using an html capable client, but choose to receive all mail as plain text, and everything is in a font and size of my choosing. My client (Mail.app 12.2) then color codes the nested quoted material with indentions and a helpful bar on the left side to tie each reply together. (looks like a series of “|” pipe characters with no breaks for new lines) If I recall, Thunderbird works in a similar fashion and also allows for threaded view which offers a tree-style listing of replies so you can see which message is being replied to, even if it hasn’t been quoted. I think by default most no-frills plain text mail clients will use repeated “>” signs to indicate quoted material. But as I mentioned, all of that is on the receiver, not the sender. I could send in html and italicize all my quoted replies, and you could set the result to plain text and not see the italics. > - Delete any previously posted text that is irrelevant or duplicated. Optimum for sure, but I know I’m guilty of firing off a reply to a long thread too fast and don’t bother. I should be more careful. > - Compose all fresh comments with normal text. I’m pretty sure this is the default for nearly every mail client, and most people don’t change from the default. People who compose in HTML however, might very well intentionally use many variants, weights, sizes, even colors and fonts etc. > - Start with an introductory comment at the top (if required). Really only needed for inline posting. (which is probably the best method for detailed discussions) Bottom posting would make the reply quite disjointed and with top posting, everything is above the reply anyway. Regards, Adrien ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Formatting reply posts (Re: Copy a month's budget)
Quote from someone in the group: "Almost 40 years later doing a Masters I learnt that things had changed in the meantime, and what was unchangeable was now fluid, but my peer professionals are often stuck back in the disproven teachings of last century." On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 8:50 AM Fred Smith wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 12:59:54PM +1100, Liz wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 21:11:35 + (UTC) > > aeg via gnucash-user wrote: > > > > > It's good to see that the formatting issue is being addressed and my > > > suggestion is as follows... > > >- Italicise all quoted text from previous contributors. > > >- Delete any previously posted text that is irrelevant or > > > duplicated. > > >- Compose all fresh comments with normal text. > > >- Start with an introductory comment at the top (if required). > > > > Some of us do not use html editors for email, so your suggestion that I > > italicise all quoted text is a non-starter. > > > > Liz > > Besides, when God invented email, He intended it to be plain text! :) > (III Hezekiah, 9:32) > > -- > Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us > - >But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: > While we were still sinners, > Christ died for us. > --- Romans 5:8 (niv) > -- > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Formatting reply posts (Re: Copy a month's budget)
On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 12:59:54PM +1100, Liz wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 21:11:35 + (UTC) > aeg via gnucash-user wrote: > > > It's good to see that the formatting issue is being addressed and my > > suggestion is as follows... > >- Italicise all quoted text from previous contributors. > >- Delete any previously posted text that is irrelevant or > > duplicated. > >- Compose all fresh comments with normal text. > >- Start with an introductory comment at the top (if required). > > Some of us do not use html editors for email, so your suggestion that I > italicise all quoted text is a non-starter. > > Liz Besides, when God invented email, He intended it to be plain text! :) (III Hezekiah, 9:32) -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Formatting reply posts (Re: Copy a month's budget)
On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 21:11:35 + (UTC) aeg via gnucash-user wrote: > It's good to see that the formatting issue is being addressed and my > suggestion is as follows... >- Italicise all quoted text from previous contributors. >- Delete any previously posted text that is irrelevant or > duplicated. >- Compose all fresh comments with normal text. >- Start with an introductory comment at the top (if required). Some of us do not use html editors for email, so your suggestion that I italicise all quoted text is a non-starter. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Formatting reply posts (Re: Copy a month's budget)
On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 21:15, aeg via gnucash-user wrote: > > It's good to see that the formatting issue is being addressed and my > suggestion is as follows... >- Italicise all quoted text from previous contributors. Tricky for those that do not want (or cannot) use html formatting. Also most mail clients use one of the common techniques for identifying quoted text. >- Delete any previously posted text that is irrelevant or duplicated. Certainly. I notice that you have not done this yourself. >... >- Start with an introductory comment at the top (if required). Not usually necessary. Colin ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Formatting reply posts (Re: Copy a month's budget)
It's good to see that the formatting issue is being addressed and my suggestion is as follows... - Italicise all quoted text from previous contributors. - Delete any previously posted text that is irrelevant or duplicated. - Compose all fresh comments with normal text. - Start with an introductory comment at the top (if required). Un-quoted top posting without nested levels is certainly quite the pain, I agree. I?ve seen some examples of it here lately. > On Jan 12, 2019, at 10:28 AM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > I have always enjoyed the following example of top posting: > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > > But, then, there are good reasons to use each style at the appropriate > place. > > --Steve - Enter fresh comments below the quoted text to which they relate, interspersing them within the quoted text if it helps to improve clarity. Alan ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
