On 17:13 Mon 02 Nov , Noah Sheppard wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 01:46:12PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > On 2009-11-02, Michael Williams <willi...@astro.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 12:49:38PM -0400, Monte Stevens wrote:
> > > > > Is it possible to change the default "Re: your mail" subject that
> > > > > [..]
> > > > You can edit the source "send.c" file. Look for:
> > > > [..]
> > > [..]
> > > Seems like the kind of thing that should be exposed to end user
> > > [..]
>
> > But changing that subject doesn't require the user to edit source
> > code--the user can easily change it when prompted for the subject of
> > the reply or from the compose menu.
> I think the point of having a configurable default is so that we don't
> have to change it when prompted. I'd rather not have to type
> "Re: my custom non-subject reply subject" or whatever every time I reply
> to a message which had no subject.
>
> > Further, if you're going to be picky about the subject, it should
> > really reflect the subject of the message, not be just some generic
> > equivalent of "you forgot the subject". It hardly seems worth making
> > this configurable.
> By that logic, why do we have the "Re: your mail" hard-coded default at
> all?
>
Surely the easiest way is to 'set edit-headers' and change the Re: to
whatever. Subjects evolve.
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Regards,
John K Masters
