On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 23:58 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 09:07 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:00 +0200, Paul-Erik Törrönen wrote: > > > It seems that the current Evolution (2.12.3) shipped by Fedora 8 _forces_ > > > one to top post (ie. write the response above the quoted message). > > > > > > There are only four different ways to configure the reply style: > > > 0 Quote original message (puts a newline and prompt on top of the message, > > > paste-relevant-part behaves identically) > > > 1 Do not quote original message (err.. how do I then comment on specific > > > issues? The paste-relevant-part does not work) > > > 2 Attach original message (ditto) > > > 3 Inline original (Outlook style) (see 0, and does not quote) > > > > > I can't find where you format the reply style in evolution. Where is it? > > > Can I please have the proper way, which was already implemented in earlier > > > versions, returned to this otherwise good software. > > It's in the mouse. Just click on the bottom of the post, trim whatever > is annoying and start typing. Be glad you're not on a Selectric, licking > stamps, stuffing envelopes and waiting 1/2 month for a reply. This > slight tad of inconvenience doesn't mean one is *doomed* to top-posting. > I never noticed the selections absence. I just looked, you're right, > it's not there. No prob. > > What probably happened was that too many wankers ragged on the Evolution > team over the selections not intuiting exactly what the luser wanted, so > they predictably jerked it out by the roots. :) Ric ---- evolution, typical of Gnome software is very light on configuration options on purpose. Craig
