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On 22/10/2015 20:05:37, DaveG wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:15:30 +0000, mick wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:19:11 +0000, DaveG wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:10:22 +0000, mick wrote:
>>> 
>>>> When composing new or replies there are four lines between this line
>>>> and the signature.  Is there any way to reduce this down to two lines
>>>> by default, other than having to delete the excess space manually when
>>>> typing?
>>> 
>>> From what I see, it's three lines, and that's normal if replying as the
>>> cursor is placed on line 2, leaving a blank line between the quoted
>>> text and your new text, plus a blank line in place to keep the sig
>>> separate from your reply.
>> 
>> Its a blank line, cursor on line 2, which is normal, then 3 blank lines
>> above the two dashes.
>> 
>>> Creating a new post should show two blank lines above the sig, the
>>> cursor placed for typing on Line 1 so that line 2 stays as a separator
>>> between your text and the sig,
>> 
>> No, its 4 blank lines.
>
> Here's a cut'n'paste of your OP with line numbers added by me :-)
>
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:10:22 +0000, mick wrote:
>
>> When composing new or replies there are four lines between this line and
>> the signature.  Is there any way to reduce this down to two lines by
>> default, other than having to delete the excess space manually when
>> typing?
>> 1
>> 2
>> 3
>> --
>> mick
>
>> 
>>> Are you sure there isn't an extra blank line or two in your sig?  How
>>> are you adding the sig?  Is it text in the box, a selected file or a
>>> program generating it?
>> 
>> In the Posting Profile settings it is Signature Type = Text and mick in
>> the box below.
>> I have tried it with a text file with my signature in it but it is still
>> the same outcome. It does not matter if my name has spaces before it as
>> they are ignored when posting.
>> It is all down to where Pan is actually putting the two dashes.
>> I have been going back through the groups looking at some old posts I
>> did using Pan.  They have been posted from Linux Mint Cinnamon, Mint KDE
>> and PClinuxOS.  All show the same blanks line above the sig.
>
> The version of Linux should be irrelevant but it does seem to be a 
> consistent problem either with the builds you are using or your 
> counting :-)
>
> My install of Pan definitely uses one less line than you are counting 
> both in new posts (two) and replies (three)
>
> FWIW mine is built from source because I modify it slightly to allow many 
> more concurrent connection.  There is a hard coded limit of 4 connections 
> per server in the default source code.  Another workaround if you need 
> more connections eg for binaries downloads, you can have multiple 
> instances of the same server under different profiles thus getting four 
> connections per profile.

It is not a big issue, but it does look odd having too much white space 
above the signature.  I have posted this from windows/mesnews and I bet 
it will look normal once posted (I don't see the signature in the 
posting window, unlike Pan where it is there before doing any typing).

I really want to embrace Linux and move away from windows but it is 
little niggles like this in the applications that make it so 
frustrating to use.

-- 
mick

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  Re: Pan - signature DaveG <nospam@nospam.net> - 2015-10-21 22:19 +0000
    Re: Pan - signature mick <nospam@junk.mail> - 2015-10-21 23:58 +0000
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