[juneau-lug] Re: Escape codes & ecartis

  • From: Kevin Miller <millerboys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:50:23 -0900

James Zuelow wrote:
>>> Have you ever considered a different email client that doesn't=3D =
>> =3D2E
>>
>>> =3DA0 add all=3D20 the cruft?=3DA0 <grins>
>>> =20
>>> -Jamie
> 
>> As far as all the escape codes, I don't know that it's the e-mail
>> client.  I think it might be the e-mail client and interaction with
>> ecartis.
>>
> 
> Hmm.  Word wrap or no word wrap.  When Outlook or Kmail automatically wraps 
> text that has been copied (including inline forwards), the extra characters 
> appear.
> 
> Turning off word wrap seems to make the codes go away - compare my last two 
> forwarded O'Reilly messages.
> 
> I still think it is an ecartis thing, not an Outlook/Kmail thing.  (Although 
> wouldn't it be funny if they were sharing code!)

Right - it doesn't seem to happen on mailman or other lists that I've
been on.  But maybe they're smarter about cleaning up after Exchange...

...Kevin
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Kevin Miller
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