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[Robert Schroll <rschroll@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Matthias Apitz <guru@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> Fully agreed. The problem with many "modern" MUA is, that they do not
> support this well:
> - they do not offer correct citating
> - they put the cursor and the future signature on top (as Outlook 
> does)
> - they do not offer rich edit features, only a text area, not 
> features like
> vim offers

May I take this opportunity to let you know about Geary [1], a GTK IMAP 
client?  Geary has a select-to-reply feature:  Select the text you wish 
to quote and hit reply.  That text is properly cited and quoted, and 
the cursor is placed after the quote, but before your signature.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Roberto Alsina 
<roberto.alsina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Replying the right way via gmail took 3 clicks and 3 keypresses:
>
> * Reply all
> * Show quoted text
> * Click to place cursor
> * Shift + End
> * Delete

That's about three keypresses and a click too long, IMHO. :)

Oh, and Geary lets you quote a second message as easily as the first.

Disclosure: I'm a developer for Geary.

Robert

[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary