On Sun, 13 Jan 2019, 03:32 David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com wrote:
> Unfortunately, gmail seems to force me into top posting by opening up my > reply with the previous text at the bottom an d hidden below three dots. > It doesn't help, I agree, particularly with deleting sections of the post. It is easy enough to insert at the appropriate point, however, as I have done here. You just have to click the dots then scroll down and insert. Colin > > Especially on a tablet, where it is difficult to do anything more > sophisticated than touchong a virtual keyboard with my thumb hoping I won't > need punctuation beyond a comma or period, I have completely given up > doing anything different. > > Yes, long threads do get incredibly confusing. > > David C > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 4:30 PM aeg via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 21:15, aeg via gnucash-user< >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:>> It's good to see that the formatting >> issue is being addressed and my suggestion is as follows...> - Italicise >> all quoted text from previous contributors. >> Tricky for those that do not want (or cannot) use html formatting.Also >> most mail clients use one of the common techniques foridentifying quoted >> text. >> >> This is a pity because I find many of the GnuCash posts very difficult to >> follow as they are usually formatted. What about indenting? Is that >> available to all? >> >> >> > - Delete any previously posted text that is irrelevant or duplicated. >> Certainly. I notice that you have not done this yourself. >> >> I thought all of the text I quoted (left in) was related to my post; I >> had certainly deleted a substantial amount of text from the original posts >> that was not related to formatting. However, when I wrote that, I was >> really thinking of the very lengthy posts that contain several re-quoted >> passages from a long thread. >> >> > ...> - Start with an introductory comment at the top (if >> required). >> >> Not usually necessary. >> Colin >> >> Agreed, but note that I did add "if required" because there have been >> occasions where an initial comment has been helpful. >> Alan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
