Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sol1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sol1!john 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 Article-I.D.: sol1.205 Posted: Sat Oct 20 01:09:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 14:28:33 EDT References: <5333@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: THE SOLUTION, Lincoln, NE Lines: 30 > *** 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 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Yes indeed let's remove this from postnews! John Korsmeyer akgua!sol1!john