Subject: automatically include '--' with signature?

From: [email-masked] (Georg Schwarz)
Date: 27 Aug 1996 15:11:37 GMT

Can I configure pine to automatically include a '--' ´line before the
signature (if there is one) short of explicitly including the '--' line
into my signature file?`

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:26:25 +0800 (GMT)

> signature (if there is one) short of explicitly including the '--' line

	It is not a config option.....so you'll need to add it in your
signature.  I suspect you ask this since, if I recall, some other
programs add the "--" to the signature and if you add it in manually
you end up with tow sets of "--".

	Regards,

		Ed

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 09:51:53 +0100 (BST)

Of course, you could take a copy of your normal "--"-less signature into a
separate file and add the "--".  Pine can then be configured (in the Setup
Configuration screen) to use this alternative file.  (It only *defaults*
to a file called ".signature" in your home directory (for UNIX Pine).)

Cheers,

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 17:11:18 +0800 (GMT)

> to a file called ".signature" in your home directory (for UNIX Pine).)

	Sure.....but then you have to maintain (and remember) that you
have 2 signature files.  Yes, they may not change that often...but why
have 2 when 1 will do.

	Regards,

		Ed

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From: [email-masked] (Sven Guckes)
Date: 28 Aug 1996 10:09:54 GMT

[email-masked] (Orjan Johansen):
> Georg Schwarz <[email-masked]> wrote:
> I don't think there is a way (at least I haven't found one), but I just want
> to mention that it should actually be '-- ' (an extra space at the end of
> the line.)

Correct.  Thanks you for mentioning this!
Folks - the extra space is intentional.  Please use it!  Thank you!

For those who wonder why:
The "sigdashes" line makes it possible for programs to detect the signature.

Example:  My newsreader (slrn) shows text in colour and you can assign a colour
for the header, normal text, quoted text, and (you guessed it) the signature.
Signatures are defined to start with the sigdashes line - so it is required.

Sven

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From: [email-masked] (Orjan Johansen)
Date: 27 Aug 1996 15:17:32 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
>signature (if there is one) short of explicitly including the '--' line

I don't think there is a way (at least I haven't found one), but I just
want to mention that it should actually be '-- ' (an extra space at the
end of the line.)

Greetings,
Ørjan.

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From: [email-masked] (Tim Mooney)
Date: 29 Aug 1996 11:28:48 -0500

In article <[email-masked]>,
Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]> wrote:
> separate file and add the "--".

As Sven and others have already pointed out, that should be "-- ".  The
space is important!

>  Pine can then be configured (in the Setup

That's the method I opted for, when I noted the lack of an `enable-sigdashes'
option in the pine setup.

It's on my list of things to look at creating a patch for, if I ever get some
time.

Tim
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