On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > [over a hundred quoted lines snipped] > And if you look at the above in gmail, you can see the ...'s that when > not clicked, won't show some of the responses I leave just above, and > it clips my signature line as well.
That's a Gmail feature, and a sop to people who can't take a moment to trim quoted text. Taking your above post as an example, there were (according to my calculation) 111 lines of text that had already been sent, being _re_sent in your post. Not everyone uses Gmail. And not everyone runs off 100Mbit internet connections. And even if everyone were to use Gmail off 100Mbit internet connections, I would still recommend trimming the text, because Gmail gives you precisely two options: all the way collapsed, or all the way expanded. If I want to read more context, I get _all_ the context. That's still not all that useful. Right while you make a post is the best time to decide how much context is needed. Spend just a few seconds thinking about how much to trim, and you can make things easier for everyone who reads your post, whether it be on python-list, comp.lang.python, or one of several web-accessible archives. And remember, this is for posterity, so be honest. How do you feel? Interesting... ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
