Why does mml-attach-file put the attachment at the very end of the message...

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

...instead of right before the sigdashes?

If there is no particular reason, I propose a patch below.  My use case
is a function that cycles through a few possible signatures, where at
one point I delete everything after the sigdashes.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
diff -c --label /usr/local/share/emacs/25.0.50/lisp/gnus/mml.el.gz --label \#\<buffer\ mml.el.gz\> /tmp/jka-com2530smv /tmp/buffer-content-2530r6E
*** /usr/local/share/emacs/25.0.50/lisp/gnus/mml.el.gz
--- #<buffer mml.el.gz>
***************
*** 1374,1380 ****
       (list file type description disposition)))
    ;; If in the message header, attach at the end and leave point unchanged.
    (let ((head (unless (message-in-body-p) (point))))
!     (if head (goto-char (point-max)))
      (mml-insert-empty-tag 'part
  			  'type type
  			  ;; icicles redefines read-file-name and returns a
--- 1374,1382 ----
       (list file type description disposition)))
    ;; If in the message header, attach at the end and leave point unchanged.
    (let ((head (unless (message-in-body-p) (point))))
!     (when head
!       (goto-char (point-max))
!       (search-backward "-- \n" nil t))
      (mml-insert-empty-tag 'part
  			  'type type
  			  ;; icicles redefines read-file-name and returns a

Diff finished.  Mon Oct 26 09:29:32 2015
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Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University