Re: [MlMt] Reply to selection of text

2013-11-27 Thread Jacques
On 26 Nov 2013, at 14:37, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote: On 26 Nov 2013, at 19:00, Jacques wrote: I'm using Markdown to reply to emails sent to me from Mountain Lion Mail.app. When I simply reply, paragraphs and lists are being preserved usually. However, when I select a few paragraphs that incl

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-27 Thread Jason Davies
On 27 Nov 2013, at 13:31, Rob McBroom wrote: “Interleaved” or “in-line” is a more accurate description of what we’re really talking about. Better? :-) yes, except that anyone who knows what that means doesn't need it explained to them;) ___ mailmat

[MlMt] Address Pattern help

2013-11-27 Thread Jeff Holland
I am using MailMate with two email addresses--a private one and a public one. I'm subscribed to this list with my public address. When I compose a new message to the list (like this one), MailMate automatically switches the "From" popup to my public address. Good. But when I reply to a mailing

Re: [MlMt] Reply to selection of text

2013-11-27 Thread Jeff Holland
Benny Kjær Nielsen (27.11.2013) : I did. Since I don't really use this feature then it would be nice if you (and others) tried it out. Hold down ⌥ when clicking “Check Now” in the Software Update preferences pane (r3866). Excellent. Using it now. P.S. Have you considered adding a third item

Re: [MlMt] Reply to selection of text

2013-11-27 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 27 Nov 2013, at 10:37, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote: On 27 Nov 2013, at 10:29, Jeff Holland wrote: [...] Would it be possible and sensible for you to base the text selection on the plain text body part of the message (if one exists), and only convert the HTML as a last resort? (To do this aut

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-27 Thread Rob McBroom
On 26 Nov 2013, at 18:39, Jason Davies wrote: Unfortunately, it seems to work for most people, thus top-posting displaced bottom-posting [a phrase which sounds really, really bad in UK English]. [“Interleaved” or “in-line”][1] is a more accurate description of what we’re really talking about

Re: [MlMt] Reply to selection of text

2013-11-27 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 27 Nov 2013, at 10:29, Jeff Holland wrote: Benny Kjær Nielsen (27.11.2013) : Good point. Yes, it's actually still HTML (for display purposes), but if MailMate is not even able to parse that then I would consider it a bug. (You can also use ⌥⌘[ to switch to the plain text body part if “P

Re: [MlMt] Reply to selection of text

2013-11-27 Thread Jeff Holland
Benny Kjær Nielsen (27.11.2013) : Good point. Yes, it's actually still HTML (for display purposes), but if MailMate is not even able to parse that then I would consider it a bug. (You can also use ⌥⌘[ to switch to the plain text body part if “Prefer Plain Text” is not enabled.) Would it be

Re: [MlMt] Reply to selection of text

2013-11-27 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 27 Nov 2013, at 9:38, Jeff Holland wrote: Benny Kjær Nielsen (26.11.2013) : Well, more like a less-than-optimal feature. When you select text in the message view then MailMate has to “convert” the selected part of the HTML to plain text. This does not work well for all messages (depending

Re: [MlMt] Replies above or below

2013-11-27 Thread Jeff Holland
Jason Davies (27.11.2013) : so that each message becomes an entire archive of the discussion You raise all good points, I think, but this part probably bothers me more than top-posting does. And yes, it's mostly a lost cause because people do whatever they do. [a phrase which sounds reall

Re: [MlMt] Reply to selection of text

2013-11-27 Thread Jeff Holland
Benny Kjær Nielsen (26.11.2013) : Well, more like a less-than-optimal feature. When you select text in the message view then MailMate has to “convert” the selected part of the HTML to plain text. This does not work well for all messages (depending on the sending email client). When replying wi