From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A318F431FB6 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 06:10:55 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.001 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.001 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Ep4opVtBfyvb for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 06:10:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E4BB8431FD0 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 06:10:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 09 Jan 2012 14:10:49 -0000 Received: from p5795B2B5.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO shi.workgroup) [87.149.178.181] by mail.gmx.net (mp072) with SMTP; 09 Jan 2012 15:10:49 +0100 X-Authenticated: #19296480 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19BtmVqHMdB6tT0+oLNj3QgVfC9rVDage3bI/l0Ty OG55T1T4MyA1/y Received: from grfz by shi.workgroup with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1RkFvp-0002rL-MG; Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:10:37 +0100 Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:10:17 +0100 From: Gregor Zattler To: notmuch Subject: is there a default reply function? (was: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] emacs: bind 'r' to reply-to-sender and 'R' to reply-to-all) Message-ID: <20120109141017.GA5306@shi.workgroup> Mail-Followup-To: notmuch References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:10:55 -0000 Hi Jeremy, notmuch -developers, * Jeremy Nickurak [08. Jan. 2012]: > On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 14:48, Jani Nikula wrote: >> It seemed to me that most people wanted this, and nobody spoke for keeping >> the old binding now that we have reply-to-sender. This as a separate patch >> so it's easy to drop if needed. > > FWIW, I generally prefer reply-all as the default. Actually I think there is no default at all. The perception of a default here is because two different functions are on "r" and "R" key respectively while the "r" key feels as a default. Other MUAs have different key bindings: message mode has "r" as reply and "w" as "wide-reply" mutt has "r" as reply and "g" as "group-reply" and "L" as list-reply I prefer the mutt way of doing this with three different functions. > In my experience, > when a message is sent to a bunch of people, it's usually treated as a > "forum" discussion where everybody wants to be in on > everything. I think you are right for the majority of cases. But last week I got in trouble because I did exactly this. Perhaps here it is more important which mistake has more potential for disaster. Both mistakes could be important but I think there is more disaster potential in giving information to people who shouldn't get it than the other way around. In my perception an UI which clearly distinguishes two or three reply-functions encourages to think in advance about which to use. But last week... > Also, > once you've started composing, it's much easier to delete people you > don't want included than to add people who are no longer referenced in > the new buffer at all. True. Ciao, Gregor -- -... --- .-. . -.. ..--.. ...-.-