Re: Two manipulations I do a lot
On 2005-12-05 14:06:30 -0500, Jean-Rene David wrote:
> 1. I receive a message from X, with Y's address in
> the message body or in the Cc or To fields. If
> I want to send Y a message, I have to:
> - using the mouse, copy Y's address
> from the message body or header
> - quit viewing the current message
> - invoke the "mail" function (default 'm')
> - paste Y's address and start editing
>
> I would love to be able to just press one key
> in pager mode and be presented with a list of
> addresses found in the *whole* header *and* the
> body of the message (the way urlview does it)
> and be able to just pick one or many addresses
> and immediately be editing a new messge to that
> recipient.
Have you tried using urlview for this? (I don't know off-hand
whether it would need a modification to do this.)
> 2. (a little more tricky I think) While replying
> to a message, I want to quote a passage from
> another message in my mailbox. Currently I need
> to:
>
> - postpone the message I am editing
> - go find the message containing the
> desired passage
> - open it with vim (err, the external editor)
> - save the passage I want in a temporary file
I use decode-copy for these two steps, but do the same as you
otherwise.
> - recall the postponed message
> - read in the temporary file with the desired
> passage.
(I'm not sure about the desired behavior here, either.)
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