On Thu, 2020-01-30 at 14:10 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote: > My current query is: > Is editing of quoted text in the Plain Text mode used? > What do you expect from it?
Yes, as this message, to delete and inline. > I'm thinking of dropping it, instead of rewriting it in JavaScript. > Without it the quote characters would be there, but they will be like > any other text, possible to edit/remove and so on. They would be > switched to 'blockquote' when changing format to HTML and back to > quote character on change to Plain Text mode. I feel that is just fine; a plain text message is text, I expect and desire no automagica in that mode. > I do edit quoted text myself, mostly to correct wrapping and to split > the quoted text into parts, under which I write my comments. While > I'm used to manually wrap the text (using Delete/Backspace and Enter > keys), it doesn't scale for long text. Having the Format->Wrap Lines > extended to preserve quote character appropriately on re-wrap, I'd No... but I'm kinda in the why-are-l-o-n-g-sections quoted camp. :) > use to it sooner or later. I sometimes create my own quoted part just > by adding the quote character at the beginning of the line. Ditto. > > I guess dropping "quote paragraph lines while typing in Plain Text > mode" functionality would not cause any significant harm long term > (habit factor considered), especially when its drop would simplify > the code and other functions a lot (including undo/redo), but I > thought I'll ask for an opinion here too. Agree. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
