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Re: OT: Top Posting Vs. Bottom Posting: Case Closed!
de Helen 04/24/2006 08:12
»Q« wrote:
> Ron May <mayron@hotmail.com> wrote in
> <news:d62o42pcmbum3b3405qsjt7hi3j8nhfqpp@4ax.com>:
>
>> On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:12:15 -0500, ;Q+ <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in
>>> <news:an2m42dtp4c0fphg2k8u4qpvkj2v2nch1c@4ax.com>:
>>>
>>>> Agent also puts the cursor at the top.
>>>
>>> Is it at the quoted text, ready for snipping, or on a blank line
>>> of its own above the quoted text?
>>
>> This is from Agent 3.3 and the cursor was to the left of the "O"
>> in "On Sun, 23 Apr..."
>
> Thanks to you and to Al for the answer. I asked because it
> occasionally comes up in news.software.readers, and there aren't
> many Agent users there, since you have your own newsgroup.
>
>> I'm almost certain Outlook puts the cursor on a line of its own
>> ABOVE the quoted text. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> Yeah, it does, so the user can just start typing if s/he wants to
> top-post.
Buuut, all you have to do is to NOT start typing THERE, but instead
CHOOSE to go to the end of the comment you want to respond to
(as here for demonstration) and start typing THERE, or in the alternative,
CHOOSE to go to t he end of the post THEN start typing.
Or just click "do not include post" and then you have a blank screen in
which to type on - without any of the OP's comments. So actually, it's
no big deal to NOT top post when using OE.
>
> FWIW, Xnews has two modes. If there was some text highlighted before
> hitting 'reply', only that text is quoted. In that case, the cursor
> starts out below the quoted text, since snipping has already been
> done. If no text is highlighted, the entire post is quoted, and the
> cursor starts out right before the first > character.