Re: patch: signin & signoff feature (1.5.18)
Hi Kyle!
On Wed, 08 Oct 2008, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 8 at 05:27 PM, quoth Christian Brabandt:
> >> I use it myself to automatically insert the "~Kyle" in my mails.
> >>
> >> I have no beef with your "signin" variable, but your "signoff"
> >> variable does appear to duplicate existing features.
> >
> > The same is true for sig_dashes vs. signature and still you have the
> > flexibility to set both settings.
>
> I don't understand what you're trying to say here...
Why can you set sig_dashes, if you could set it via signature?
> I'm not understanding what the problem is that a separate "signoff"
> variable addresses. Do you want to be able to change your signoff
> independently of your signature, via hooks?
>
> send-hook . 'set my_junk=`echo ~Kyle > ~/.signoff-only`'
> send-hook '%C work' 'set my_junk=`echo Kyle Wheeler > ~/.signoff-only`'
You might also need to unset sig_dashes. It looks too complicated. Do
you think this is an /easy/ solution just for setting the greating?
regards,
Christian
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