On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 12:44 +0000, Reid Thompson wrote: > On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 12:41 +0000, Reid Thompson wrote: > > On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 06:13 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > > > > I'm on 3.2.3, and I see the Templates folder [somehow I never noticed > > > that before].... but how do I apply a template to a reply or message? > > > [I realize it is probably obvious, but I don't see any Template menu > > > items]. > > > > a quick glance at the patch code in bugzilla seems to indicate that > > there should be a 'reply to message using template' option somewhere. > > I've not found it though. > > > > From the help menu... > > Message Templates > A message template is a standard message that you can use at any time to > send mail with the same pattern. > > To enable the Message Template Plugin, click Edit ▸ Plugins and > enable Templates. > > > Creating a Message Template from an existing Message > 1. Select the message. > > 2. Right-click the message and choose Move to folder or Copy to > folder. > > 3. Select the Templates folder under On This Computer. > > You can also edit an existing message and save it as a template: > > 1. Open the message and click Reply. > > 2. Edit the message body or the addresses according to your > requirements. > > 3. Select File ▸ Save as Template. > > Saving a New Message as a Template > 1. Click New and enter in the composer window what you need for the > template. > > 2. Select File ▸ Save as Template. > > Using a Message Template as a Reply > 1. Right-click the message you are replying to, then > click Templates. > > This option lists all the message templates in > the Templates folder. > > 2. Select the message template of your choice. Make changes if > required in the email composer window that will open. > > 3. Click Send. > > When you select a message template for replying, the subject of > the reply is preserved. > > Configuring Message Templates > 1. Select Edit ▸ Plugins. > > 2. Click Templates. > > 3. Click the Configuration tab. > > 4. You can add, edit or remove the key-value pairs. You can specify > any number of key-value pairs. > > In any template, the occurrence of every $key is replaced by the value > it has in the configuration. For example, if you set the key to Manager > and the value to Harry, any occurrence of $Manager is replaced by Harry > in the message. > > Assume that you have 1000 message templates with your current manager's > name in them. When the current manager is replaced by a new one, it is > not easy for you to manually replace the manager's name in all the 1000 > messages. If the messages have a $Manager key value, you can reset the > value in the Configuration tab of this plugin. > > By default, the entire environment variables are used as a key-value > pair. An occurrence of $env_variable is replaced by the value it > carries. For example, an occurrence of $PATH in your template is > replaced by its value when the template is used. > > The replacement process uses the following order of precedence: > > 1. $key is replaced by the value set for it in the Configuration > tab of the Templates plugin. > > 2. If the key is not found, it is then replaced with the value of > its environment variable. > > 3. If key is neither a configuration option nor an environment > variable, no changes are made. > > > > > Thank you for taking the time to explain the phrase *key-value pairs*. For some reason, I just couldn't grasp the meaning. Simple, Now that I know!
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