On Saturday 27 October 2012 22:06:07 Felix Miata wrote:
On 2012-10-27 21:26 (GMT+0100) Lisi Reisz composed:
And while I am moaning, is there any way of persuading KMail 1.9.10 to stop trying to make me top-post?
If you mean the cursor in the composition window is at the top with the quote below it, it's not trying to persuade you to top post. It's trying to induce you to both trim the quote down to only the portion that's relevant to your reply, and to interleave your comments, so that it's clear as possible exactly what it is your reply comments apply to, much like the ebb and flow of oral conversation.
You are, I'm afraid, just plain wrong when it comes to how I work. This may be an accurate description of how you work, but you speak only for yourself, though there may well be many who agree with you.
One of the great things that I like about KMail, is that, at one stage uniquely among email clients, it allows one to pre-trim. I never quote the whole text to which I am replying in the first place. I highlight the bit to which I wish to reply, and only that gets into the composer window. Moreover, I normally interleave, as you would know had you read many of my emails.
What are the two blank lines for in your interpretation?
Why should it be easier to interleave starting from the top than from the bottom?
No, most people start to type where the cursor is. I have had clients complain that with the cursor at the bottom they bottom post and their friends complain. It doesn't occur to them to move the cursor. A cursor at the top strongly encourages top posting.
Let us choose where we want our cursor. Have yours at the top, by all means, but let those of us, who wish to, have it at the bottom.
So again, does anyone know how to get KMail to stop trying to make me top-post? I fear that there may not be a way. I have often said that I must either put up or shut up - but I can still hope!!
Lisi