Bug 113498

Summary: Easy "snip"ping when replying
Product: [Applications] kmail Reporter: David Anderson <david>
Component: composerAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: winter
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description David Anderson 2005-09-28 13:42:19 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.2)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

When replying to e-mail, it is good practise to indicate when you have cut some of the mail by replacing it with:

> (snip)

It would be good if in the composer window KMail had a right-click  menu option when text beginning with ">" is been selected. The option would be something like "Snip"

i.e. you select a few lines
> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah 
> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah 
> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah 


You right-click, and get a menu:

+------------+
+ Undo       +
+ Redo       +
+------------+
+ Cut        +
+ Snip       +
+ (etc.)     +
+------------+

Choosing "Snip" replaces the lines with:

> (snip)

Easy, non-intrusive (because it only appears when relevant), and useful!
Comment 1 Allen Winter 2006-08-10 00:10:36 UTC
I like this idea.  Not sure if we want to clutter the context menu,
but we might put it on the Window menu.. dunno.

In any event, this feature will have to wait until KDE 4 since we are not permitted to add any brand new things into KDE 3.
Comment 2 Allen Winter 2009-07-23 22:29:30 UTC
KMail has had snippet support for a long time now in the KDE 4 series.
Comment 3 Allen Winter 2009-07-27 15:52:08 UTC
In a compose windows, View->Snippets.

You should see a snippets area.  Then RMB menu in the snippets area should help you get started.