On Mon, 2016-07-18 at 11:13 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2016-07-11 at 11:51 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2016-07-11 at 10:57 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2016-07-11 at 10:48 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2016-07-11 at 00:31 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2016-07-11 at 00:23 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2016-07-10 at 22:53 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Edit->Prefences->Composer->"Wrap quoted text in replies" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting. I've often wanted that. I see it's enabled by > > > > > > > default. > > > > > > > > > > > > Although having said that, I realise I actually meant something > > > > > > different: I'd like to reflow quoted text in replies. I think the > > > > > > wrapped text has been there for a while now, not just in 3.20. > > > > > > > > > > > It gets rid of the stupid breaking of lines in quoted text that > > > > > results > > > > > in single words on a line (like in your original reply to my post). > > > > > Reflowing as an option would be nice as well. > > > > > > > > In that case I'm confused. I have the option set and IIRC it has been > > > > set for a long time, if not forever. > > > > > > > No, you want it unset so it doesn't wrap the quoted text - it's the > > > wrapping that causes the single words on a line as the quoting depth > > > increases. TBH reflowing is of limited use - as the quote depth > > > increases, the line length of the quoted text will get shorter until it > > > looks really stupid - and what happens when there's so many quotes > > > there is no space for text! > > > > OK, done. Thanks for the clarification. Obvious when you think about it. > > Further to this, I now find that when replying I get Preformatted as > the default edit mode, which is literally never what I want. I do use > Preformatted occasionally for quoted material but IMHO having to > remember to turn it off all the time is a usability bug. The default > mode should be the same whether one is replying or starting a new mail. > > I assume it's related to the "don't wrap text in replies" option, since > toggling that changes the behaviour. > > I've filed a BZ: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768919
No, I was wrong. The confusion is because when I reply I start by deleting the signature on the quoted text, which of course changes the mode to Preformatted. Apologies for the noise. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
