On 2010-08-26 16:39 +0200, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > Package: emacs23 > Version: 23.2+1-4 > Severity: wishlist > > Before 23.2, Emacs would insert my default signature at the end of my > outgoing messages due to this .emacs line. > > (setq mail-signature "\n\n\t\t\t\t\t--Barak.\n")
This is not a proper signature, see mail-signature's docstring. > Some change in 23.2 made it as if I'd written this instead > > (setq mail-signature "\n-- \n\n\t\t\t\t\t--Barak.\n") > > This is documented in the info, > > File: emacs, Node: Mail Signature > 35.5 Mail Signature > ... > By convention, a mail signature should be marked by a line whose > contents are `-- '. If your signature lacks this prefix, it is added > for you. The remainder of your signature should be no more than four > lines. > > Okay, whether whitespace at the end of an otherwise non-empty line in a > textual document should have semantic significance is a matter of, how > can I put it gently ... taste. It is also a long-outstanding Usenet convention and documented in RFC 3676¹, thus not just a matter of taste. > But, I sure wish there were a way of > easily disabling this end-of-line-whitespace adding "feature". If you're using message-mode (the default mail composition mode in Emacs 23.2), you can play around with the message-signature-separator variable. Sven ¹ http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3676#section-4.3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
