ROTD (Rant Of The Day): patches

[Francois Gouget]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote:

> Guys,
>
> I've come to _hate_ diffs attached as Application/OCTET-STREAM. Can you
> please, Please, PLEASE, attach them as Text/PLAIN?

   Another issue which is dear to Alexandre :-)

   When I send a patch with netscape and then read the email in pine, I
see the email and the attachement right below it. When I send a patch
with pine, I have to use V, select the attachement and pine forks an
external pager (more/less/whatever).  That's fine too but slightly less
practical.
   I am not sure what is the difference between the two. I believe it
has to do with one being a MIME attachement while the other would
be... I don't know what.
   And Alexandre once said he would like it if my attachements were
more readily accessible (in emacs).

   So if anyone has tips for configuring pine so that it makes nicer
attachements...


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