[GNC] Formatting reply posts

[aeg]

On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 21:15, aeg via gnucash-user<gnucash-user at 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