Re: [Evolution] Wanted feature (signature at the top)

[Daniel Lacroix <dlacroix erasme org>]

Le jeu 26/06/2003 à 00:21, guenther a écrit :
> > I just have a proposition for future release of evolution.
> >
> > The signature is always at the bottom of emails. This is a problem for
> > replied emails. At least in France, most people add correspondance at
> > the top of the mail. So the signature will be better placed at the top
> > of the mail with 2 empty lines to be able to type the reply.
>
> Nope.
>
> The signature is at the bottom. No discussion at all here. There is a
> special marker to identify signatures and make automatic removals
> possible.

Infact, it all depend how you reply to email. When you want to do some
"officials" email, you can't insert comment in the original email but
might want to kept it in your response.

> What you do want, though, is some method to customize the string
> currently hardcoded and displayed at the top. *Please*, do not call that
> signature, as it is not.

As you want.

> There has been a ridiculous discussion about  replying and top- vs.
> bottom-quoting -- which led me to an idea of customizing the string at
> the bottom and even setting the cursor. That would exactly give you the
> option to do what you just described, does it?

Yes this is even better (but harder to use). The hard thing is to
provided a way to setup it I think.

> You can see my comments in the archives:
>  http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2003-February/027293.html
>
> For the thread see:
>  http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2003-February/thread.html
>
>
> This was discussed and considered, although I do not know anything about
> the status. Maybe Anna knows more, if she listens.
>
>
> > I know that this is not wanted by anybody so, if this can be an option,
> > this will be great.
>
> This *is* wanted by others, as long as you do *not* call it signature
> but customized header... ;-)
>
> ...guenther

Daniel