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From: SCHAFER@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (Richard A. Schafer)
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Subject: Re: 89.02.0A comments
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Date: 11 Jan 90 22:40:24 GMT
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On Thu, 11 Jan 90 15:25:04 EDT Juan M. Courcoul said:
>I'm wondering if this is just a quirk of my installation or if it is a
>genuine bug.
>
>When you execute a REPLY TEXT subcommand, the outgoing letter's header
>and the previous letter's text is placed on a XEDIT buffer onscreen, but
>there are no blank lines to write in, after the included text ! Previously,
>there would be a full page for your reply.
>
>
>Juan
With a little cheek, I quote from the "Bugs Fixed" section of MAIL89 CHANGES:

13.  REPLY TEXT was being started with a full screen of blank lines.
     The text will now be included without any additional blank lines.

I expect I will be convinced to change this back, but not putting the
blank page does, I believe, encourage people to edit the original,
rather than including a 250 page original and responding to 5 lines of
it.

Richard