Re: [PATCH] emacs: Show cleaner addresses during message display.

[David Edmondson <dme@dme.org>]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:20:29 +0100, Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:53:49 -0500, Jameson Rollins wrote:
> > Hi, David.  I am personally not interested in this collapse for a couple
> > of reasons.  I really like seeing the full address that the mail comes
> > from.
> But what is the added benefit of 
> "me@foo.com" <me@foo.com>
> over 
> me@foo.com
> ? This is essentially a nonsense name that can just as well be left
> out...
> 
> >  I also don't like tooltips since I don't like using the mouse.
> > Is it possible to make this particular feature an option?
> 
> If you don't use a mouse, how does the existence of tooltips annoy you?
>  
> > I actually frequently yank this whole line to ease filling my address
> > book.
> 
> But what is the point of having "me@foo.com" <me@foo.com> in your
> address book, can't you just as well say "me@foo.com" without loosing
> information?

The latest change goes further - for an address such as:
	Fred Blogs <fred@fredco.com>
it will display only "Fred Blogs". It's to this that Jameson is objecting.

I'll update the patch such that you can choose, with the default being
the maximum simplification.

dme.
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David Edmondson, http://dme.org