[GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

[R Losey]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 8:17 PM Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> > On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 6:50 AM Paul Feakins <paul at antropy.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >> With a mailing list such as this, I believe the convention is to put
> >> replies at the bottom?
>
> On 2023-07-14 17:56, R Losey wrote:
> > Is there really a convention for replies? Gmail puts my replies at the
> top
> > by default (like this), but if they are supposed to be at the bottom, I
> can
> > pretty easily do that as well. But I haven't seen a FAQ or heard that
> this
> > is a convention.
>
> It is a long-standing convention, predating computers, that the response
> comes after the thing being responded to. (That's unless you're a
> contestant on Jeopardy, of course.)
>
> Without even considering everybody's _other_ email, there are multiple
> topics on the GC mailing list, and few people can keep all of that in
> their heads. Some brief context (usually _not_ a full quote of the
> article) is helpful before making one's response. To me it seems like
> basic courtesy for the writer to consider the convenience of the
> readers, who outnumber the writer manyfold.
>
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com
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I agree that replying below is the older convention, and it is what was
used before computers, and even in the earlier days of email.

However, as emails became widely used, it seems that reply-at-the-top
became more common - it is the ONLY choice on gmail, and seems to be the
default on other systems, even if you do get a choice (hint, hint gmail
people!!).

And, if an email is long, or if there is much back-and-forth, one must
scroll to see replies, even if they are simple. Having them at the top is
easier to see... and  being "out of order" is not usually a problem
(contrived situation aside).

I really just want us to be consistent; I can handle either top or bottom
for replies... what is annoying and troublesome is having replies mixed on
top and bottom. I'd like there to be consistency, and perhaps the gnucash
footer can add a line about "Please put replies at the bottom of the post"

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Richard Losey
rlosey at gmail.com
Micah 6:8