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From: john@sol1.UUCP (john)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Including "REPLACE LINE" lines
Message-ID: <205@sol1.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 20-Oct-84 01:09:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 20 01:09:00 1984
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> *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
> 
> I left the preceeding in deliberately.
> 
> You know why you see this damn "REPLACE LINE" showing up everywhere?
> BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE THAT LINE TO CHANGE, REPLACE, OR DELETE IT WITH
> A LINE EDITOR!!!!!!
> 
> I use "ed" all the time. If I used "vi" or emacs or some other screen
> editor, I'd probably see that line to wipe it out. With "ed" or another
> line editor, all the user gets is the number of characters in the buffer.
> He then types "a" and proceeds to enter the text. Only if he has made errors
> or wants to re-read the posting will he do a "1,$p" after completing the
> input, and ONLY THEN will he see the "REPLACE LINE" line.
> 
> So it is not at all unlikely that many short postings will go out with
> that line completely unseen by the poster.
> 
> I vote to remove it from the postnews and followup process entirely!
> 
> Will Martin
> 
> USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin     or   ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA

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Yes indeed let's remove this from postnews!

John Korsmeyer
akgua!sol1!john