Re: [Evolution] yet another newb question

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 00:30 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 16:40 +1100, Nick Jenkins wrote:
> > > I'd like a "paste as plain text" option for Evolution.
> > >
> > > SHIFT-CTRL-V. I end up pasting into a text editor first and then
> > > recopy & paste to remove Evolutions crazy formatting.
> > > ...
> >
> > I agree. I often have a text editor running, which I paste into,
> > then
> > copy from, then paste that into Evolution, just to strip all
> > formating
> > out of text.
> Paste as plain text.  What a great idea.  This should always happen
> when pasting 
> into plain text email.  I too have to keep an editor running to strip
> out evo's formatting.

Just in case you aren't aware of it: you can select the pasted text and
apply the Preformatted option from the format bar to turn off Evo's
formatting. I do this all the time (e.g. to paste samples of terminal
sessions or log files) and so far have never needed an external editor.

poc