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Re: Two manipulations I do a lot



* Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > [...]
> >    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.
> 
> while in the pager, type the '?' (question mark)
> key and search '/' for reply.

This doesn't answer the question as posed. Please
note the emphasis in the question and refer to "the
very good documentation provided with mutt."

> > 2. (a little more tricky I think) While
> > replying to a message, I want to quote a
> > passage from another message in my mailbox.
> > [...]
>
> tag the two pertinent messages (t), then key
> ";", to perform an action on the tagged
> messages, and 'r' for reply.

This is actually a good idea. 

However it assumes I know which two message I want
to quote from before I begin replying. This
usually isn't the case.

-- 
JR