* Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-01-2002 03:36]:

| On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 21:04:10 -0500, mike ledoux wrote:
| > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:27:29AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
| > > Me too. Now, this isn't a problem for me as using the editor (emacs
| > > in my case) to do that is a better solution since I can unstrip the
| > > signature (with Ctrl-_ in my case) if need be.
| > 
| > I disagree.  Using the editor to do this is the *wrong* solution, since
| > it requires my editor to know it is editing mail.  I maintain that my
| > editor shouldn't need to know that--text is text.

I couldn't _disagree_ with you more. For example, C source code is
text to: I bet you'll want your editor to know that it's editing C
source code ;)

| What I want to say is that both the mailer and the editor should
| have an option to strip the signature. But when one has the choice,
| choosing the editor to do the job is a better solution.

Yep.

Bye,

-- 
René Clerc                      - ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Hell is when there is no reason to live and no courage to die.
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