E.email comes with this capability built in. August 10, 2021 10:02 AM, "Michael Niedermayer" <mich...@niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 09:47:31AM +0000, Soft Works wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-boun...@ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of >> Nicolas George >> Sent: Tuesday, 10 August 2021 11:16 >> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg- >> de...@ffmpeg.org> >> Subject: [FFmpeg-devel] Mail quoting (was: 1/2] libavutil/log: Add capability >> to prefix loglines with current time or current date+time) >> >> Soft Works (12021-08-10): >>> I meant the e-mail body of the previous conversation. >> >> Well, it is my mail, I put what I want in it, and you do what you want with >> yours. >> >> But ask yourself: which one do you find easier to read: one where you have >> to scroll half a dozen pages of old mail just to get to the new bits, or one >> where you have enough quoted context to remember what the discussion is >> about but not too much? >> >> For me, the answer is the second, and since I prefer this for myself >> >> Totally agree. >> >> I have toe >> courtesy to do the same for the mails I send, even if it takes a few more >> keystrokes. A lot of people do not bother, >> >> Yes, that made me wonder whether shortening would be against any rule or >> guideline. >> >> One of the most annoying things with that mailing-list-style development >> is the requirement to scroll through every single message of concern >> while trying to spot all lines that do not have a '> ' prefix. As some do not >> even put a blank line before and after a comment, you cannot rely on that, >> meaning that you have to look very carefully while scrolling. > > if your MUA doesnt color the text to make it easy, > maybe you should consider a different MUA > for example mutt can color code text based on how many ">" are there at the > begin > in fact mutt lets you write your own rules for how to color the mails > I would assume any half decent MUA should be able to do something similar > > Thanks > > [...] > > -- > Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB > > Awnsering whenever a program halts or runs forever is > On a turing machine, in general impossible (turings halting problem). > On any real computer, always possible as a real computer has a finite number > of states N, and will either halt in less than N cycles or never halt. > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
