Re: [GNUS] cursor initial position when compose a followup with original

[Antoine Levitt]

14/03/11 20:26, Ted Zlatanov
> On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:00:59 +0800 Wang Lei <f3d27b@gmail.com> wrote: 
>
> WL> When type F, run gnus-summary-followup-with-original, the cursor locate
> WL> at the beginning of the line next to citation line (line of `xxx
> WL> wrote:'). But normally, we will say hello first, right? Is there a way
> WL> to set the cursor to the beginning of body? I can't find a hook to do
> WL> the corresponding thing. And I'm not sure if there is a setting to do
> WL> this.
>
> I think this may be a bug in Gnus, introduced with the recent
> `message-cite-reply-position' variable.  The default is 'traditional but
> you can try 'above and 'below as well.  Can you submit a Gnus bug report
> (`M-x gnus-bug') for the traditional behavior, if that's what you have?
>
> Thanks
> Ted

I think he's just noticing the traditional behaviour. The point is at
the beginning of the quoted text, the rationale being that you look at
the quoted text and reply inside it.

Setting the message-cite-reply-position variable to 'above (you need
emacs or gnus from trunk) should do what you want.