[linux-elitists] "Why I Hate KDE 4"

[Shlomi Fish]

On Wednesday 05 November 2008, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Shlomi Fish (shlomif@iglu.org.il):
> > On the other hand, I felt my KDE 4 rant was of particular interest.
>
> FWIW, although I take as given that you honestly did think that, I also
> think your judgement was, alas, not well founded.  (Since you mentioned
> it.)

Very well.

>
> > And lastly, there's a limit to how many links I can put, or want to
> > put in my signature.
>
> Just as a reminder, the McQuary .signature limit is no more than _four_
> lines following a flush-left "-- " delimiter.  And you don't have that
> delmiter, either. 

Actually, KMail 3.5.x puts it there whether I want it or not. See this 
bugs.kde.org bug:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77901

I tend to delete it manually.

> Admittedly, that .sig delimiter's reliance on 
> required yet invisible whitespace makes it a rather unfortunate
> convention, but it's nonetheless what MUA software will look for, so
> please do use it.

I dislike adding the dash-dash-space from the reasons I mentioned in the bug 
report and in this link:

http://www.mail-archive.com/haifux%40haifux.org/msg00933.html

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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