Re: [Quilt-dev] [patch 2/3] Use proper signature separator

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:25:28 +0300 address@hidden wrote:

> Signature separator should be "-- " instead of "--".

Define "proper" please.  Why does this matter?
Is this part of some email-related RFC?
or just what is commonly used?  (yes, "-- " is what is
commonly used AFAIK, but I'd like to know Why.)

> ---
> 
>  src/quilt-0.45/quilt/mail.in |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: villes/src/quilt-0.45/quilt/mail.in
> ===================================================================
> --- villes.orig/src/quilt-0.45/quilt/mail.in
> +++ villes/src/quilt-0.45/quilt/mail.in
> @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ introduction="$(gen_tempfile)"
>               echo "$opt_message"
>               echo
>       fi
> -     echo "--"
> +     echo "-- "
>       [ -r $HOME/.signature ] && cat $HOME/.signature
>  ) | $QUILT_DIR/scripts/edmail --charset $opt_charset > $introduction
>  
> @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ for patch in "address@hidden"; do
>               /^$/    { in_body = 1 }
>               in_body { print }
>               ' $body
> -             echo -e '\n--'
> +             echo -e '\n-- '
>               [ -r $HOME/.signature ] && cat $HOME/.signature
>       ) | eval $QUILT_DIR/scripts/edmail --charset $opt_charset \
>               --replace-header Date="\"$new_date\"" \
> 
> -- 

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~Randy