Re: Over-/underquoting, was Re: [PATCH] revert: clarify seemingly bogus OPT_END repetition

From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 6, 2016, 20:15 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+P7+xpVbSbHP-j1c+zQjMALb_C5eOb-c23290AbVjufxOHqoQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1607061514200.6426@virtualbox>

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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>> Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 06.07.2016 09:01:
>> OTOH, I often have to look up the original message because people cut
>> too much, or because they take one sentence out of context.
>
> And others quote too much. In your case, the reference to Peff's patch was
> not at all what you referred to.
>

I obviously left the whole message, and I usually try to cut what I am replying to but I forgot and was in a bit of a hurry that day. I think most people are capable of checking archives if they are worried about someone quoting out of context.

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>> It is not unheard of that a MUA can collapse and expand properly quoted
>> parts on request...
>
> Sure. Show me some kick-ass, scriptable mail client and I will have a
> look.
>

Yep, I haven't found a mail client that really works for me either :(

> Ciao,
> Johannes

Regards, Jake