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From: aem@ibiza.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm monthly posting - August 1989
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Date: 30 Jul 89 00:22:29 GMT
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todd@ivucsb.sba.ca.us (Todd Day) writes:
>Please don't "fix" this.  Many other people and I consider this "bug"
>a "feature".  There are many times when I want to forward a message to
>someone (like if a message get's bounced and I don't feel like sending
>them all the bounce info) without the included-text character.  All I
>do is hit 'f' to forward the message, then lie and say 'n' to "Do you
>want to edit the message (y/n)?".  Then, when it comes down to command
>time, I tell it I want to edit the message first, and, bingo... no
>included-text characters.

>If you feel you must fix this, then provide a facility for forwarding
>mail without the included-text character.  I don't like typing
>:1,$s/^~//
>on each one of my forwarded bounced letters.


I too consider this a feature.

BTW, Todd, are using ex for your editor? Why don't you just do

:g/^~/s///

???


aem

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Democracy becomes a government of bullies, tempered by editors.
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