also sprach Adam Olsen <rhamph@d2dc.net> [2002.01.22.1504 +0100]: > > stop bitching, and noone is forcing anyone, but it's commonly accepted > > to put the reply under what you are replying too. if you want your > > No. If you're replying to individual points, then yes it's common. > But if you're writing a reply to the whole message then it's quite > common to just put it at a top. of course. but then *DO NOT* include the entire message simply quoted at the bottom. if you're replying to me, then i know what i talked about, and could always check in my sent mailbox. if you are replying to the list, i can always check the list mail. if you include all of the initial message, then someone includes yours and all of the first initial message, and so on, that's such a perverse duplication of information, it's so unecessary. period. > > first, learn the above syntax, then figure out how autocommands and > > syntax formatting work in vim. or just install jove or something more > > intuitive. > > I use autocommands all the time. And I've spent more than enough time > TRYING to get syntax formatting to work perfectly, but eventually I > got in the habit of doing it manually because every new thing I > installed use a different style. I shouldn't need to memorize every > detail just to turn it off.. i by far don't remember (m)any details of vim, and it suits me quite perfectly, never had problems, and even if i did, i wouldn't go rage about them on a public mailing list. ever considered asking for help in a polite fashion? -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck it's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry.
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