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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: "Garreau, Alexandre" <galex-713@galex-713.eu>
Cc: emacs-org list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: org-store/insert-link truncating the full subject of mails
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 21:54:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874ld8fpqf.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87woq4pveb.fsf@portable.galex-713.eu> (Alexandre Garreau's message of "Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:42:04 +0200")

"Garreau, Alexandre" <galex-713@galex-713.eu> writes:

> How’s that?

I think limiting the number of characters in the description is to be on
the safe side. 30 characters are usually enough to understand what the
mail is about.

> it just feels wrong: if it’s to long, users can truncate themselves,
> it’s straightforward, but finding again and adding the end, or finding
> the appropriate customization, isn’t.

> Also what’s the utility of it?

See above.

In any case, if other users feel strongly about changing the default
value, I don't mind. I hope you understand that one data point is not
enough, tho.

Regards,

  reply	other threads:[~2018-10-26 19:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-26  5:30 org-store/insert-link truncating the full subject of mails Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-26 15:35 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-10-26 15:42   ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-26 19:54     ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2018-10-26 23:22       ` Amin Bandali
2018-10-27  9:27         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-10-27 10:43           ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-27 11:55             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-10-28  4:49               ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-11-02  0:55                 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-10-28  4:49               ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-28 14:05           ` Amin Bandali
2018-10-28 17:01             ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-28 19:23             ` org-email-link-description-format (Was: Re: org-store/insert-link truncating the full subject of mails) Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-29  7:30       ` org-store/insert-link truncating the full subject of mails Eric S Fraga
2018-10-30 15:42         ` Nick Dokos

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