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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Re: Opening Windows
From:       "ne..." <akabi () speakeasy ! net>
Date:       2004-12-01 14:58:48
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.53.0412010949540.1478 () mach1 ! guhvies ! org
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On Dec 1, 2004 at 02:03, Sylviane & Perry White in a soothing rage wrote:

>On Wednesday 01 December 2004 00:51, David P James wrote:
>> And please don't top-post / top-reply either. That's also very annoying.
>_____________________
>Sorry if it is getting completly OT, I just didn't feel my question deserves 
>another thread.     (???)
It is best to start another thread if what you are asking about
has nothing to do with the original subject and it is not a 
continuation of what was being discussed. Where to draw the
line is sometimes hard to judge.

>I also do not want to participate in this flame war, I only want to learn more 
>about the proper way to write or reply.
>
>Could you please (David) elaborate on this top-post / top-reply either thing 
>or point to some link?
Think of the people who receive a few hundred e-mails everyday.
It makes it easier for all to follow a conversation taking place.
Now if you can come up with a written language that writes from
bottom to top, I would love to hear of. All write form top to
bottom that I know of.


>I googled about top-posting and found from:
>http://themeyers.org/cgi-bin/nopre.cgi/HomeRoast/Topic13978.htm
> 11) From: Wandering John 
>Would you like to defend your position on top posting? Google and most Linux 
>software defaults to a top reply. 
Aktually, they only place the cursor at the top. It is up to
the user to snip as relevant and post at the bottom of the
quoted text. 

>The original discussion on this subject 
>resolved in the fact that there is not, nor has there ever been a standard 
>for or against top or bottom posting. 
There may not be an ISO standard for this, but at least an RFC
exists.

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