Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-06 Thread David T-G
Volker -- ...and then Volker Moell said... % David T-G wrote: % > % > I still don't see how you would use such data. What am I missing? % % Say replying to Foo Bar (with $attribution/$post_indent_string) I get % this preformated mail: % % % Hi, Foo Bar! % > %

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread Volker Moell
David T-G wrote: > % In replied messages it's the realname part in "From:", so now I want the > % realname part in "To:" (prompted after typing "m"). Is this so > % illogical? > > Nothing is ever illogical once the point of view is understood -- but I > don't yet understand your point of view :-

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread Prahlad Vaidyanathan
Hi, On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 Volker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the ether: > Thorsten Haude wrote: > > > I could send you a NEdit solution that could be changed to do what you > > want. > > Thanks, but I use emacs. [-- snip --] > > And the reason my $EDITOR can't do it completely is to do "the

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread David T-G
Volker -- ...and then Volker Moell said... % David T-G wrote: % > % > I don't get it, though. Those variables reference data from the replied % > mail. What on earth do you expect to have in them when you're starting % > a new mail? % % In replied messages it's the realname part in "From:", so

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread Thomas Hurst
* Volker Moell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > In replied messages it's the realname part in "From:", so now I want > the realname part in "To:" (prompted after typing "m"). Is this so > illogical? It is when you allow editing of headers (doesn't everybody? :) I'd recommend allowing editing of he

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread Volker Moell
David T-G wrote: > > I don't get it, though. Those variables reference data from the replied > mail. What on earth do you expect to have in them when you're starting > a new mail? In replied messages it's the realname part in "From:", so now I want the realname part in "To:" (prompted after typ

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-05 15:57]: >% > I could send you a NEdit solution that could be changed to do what you >% > want. >% Thanks, but I use emacs. >I think he was providing it as a starting base that you could adapt :-) No; NEdit's macro language is mercifully unsimilar to

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread David T-G
Volker -- ...and then Volker Moell said... % Thorsten Haude wrote: % % > I could send you a NEdit solution that could be changed to do what you % > want. % % Thanks, but I use emacs. I think he was providing it as a starting base that you could adapt :-) % % % > In any case, ask your edito

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread Volker Moell
Thorsten Haude wrote: > I could send you a NEdit solution that could be changed to do what you > want. Thanks, but I use emacs. > In any case, ask your editor (and its command line), not Mutt. I often read this answer (and I accept it). But I thought that if mutt supports $attribution/$post_

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread René Clerc
* Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-12-2001 15:40]: | * Volker Moell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-05 14:44]: | >But I'd like to have something similar when composing a new mail, but | >unfortunately $attribution and $post_indent_string are only for | >replying. Is there a equivalent way for n

Re: $attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * Volker Moell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-05 14:44]: >But I'd like to have something similar when composing a new mail, but >unfortunately $attribution and $post_indent_string are only for >replying. Is there a equivalent way for new mails or is it possible to >implement a workaround in an

$attribution/$post_indent_string for new mail

2001-12-05 Thread Volker Moell
Hi, mutt-users! When replying a mail I use $attribution and $post_indent_string to spare the time to write both of them. This works good. But I'd like to have something similar when composing a new mail, but unfortunately $attribution and $post_indent_string are only for replying. Is there a eq