Kmail Composer 'reply' template: How to insert blank line?

[ianseeks]

On Friday, 18 August 2017 23:20:03 BST mara raram wrote:
> On Samstag, 19. August 2017 00:15:57 CEST mara raram wrote:
> > > > > > > > Having problems constructng a Kmail Composer Reply template.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > How does one specify 'blank line here' in a Reply template?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > %BLANK
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > That doesn't work for me, although i would have thought it should
> > > > > > but
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > seems to do nothing, i need to have 2 %CURSOR keywords in order to
> > > > > > get
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > blank line e.g.
> > > > > > %CURSOR
> > > > > > %CURSOR
> > > > > 
> > > > > Update:
> > > > > For %BLANK to insert a blank line use this format
> > > > > 
> > > > > %BLANK
> > > > > %CURSOR
> > > > 
> > > > Strange. For me, %BLANK completely works, no %CURSOR foo necessary.
> > > > Just
> > > > tested this on kubuntu 16.04 and openSUSE Leap 42.2 (and have been
> > > > using
> > > > it
> > > > for years). So if its a bug, it must have been invented rather
> > > > recently.
> > > > 
> > > > regards
> > > > mara
> > > 
> > > I have to have %CURSOR otherwise the cursor sits at the top of the email
> > > reply sitting on the "On Friday, 18 August 2017 17:55:57 BST Mara Raram
> > > wrote:" line,
> > > But I can have lots of %BLANK before the %CURSOR and get a blank line
> > > for
> > > each.
> > 
> > Hm. I had a %CURSOR entry somewhere in the template, too, so I can't
> > exactly be sure if %BLANK works without it.
> 
> Just checked, a %BLANK entry works for me even without a %CURSOR anywhere in
> the template. The Cursor is then at the top of the reply, but a blank line
> is inserted.

Please ignore me... I'm going mad.... Doing the test during the day when i'm 
more awake helps. My version does work as yours does. 

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