Re: Two manipulations I do a lot
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 03:31:28PM -0500, Jean-Rene David wrote:
> * John Cordes <John.Cordes@xxxxxx>:
> > > [...]
> > > - 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
> > > - recall the postponed message
> > > - read in the temporary file with the desired passage.
> > > [...]
> >
> > I normally just open another instance of mutt and go to the
> > same folder in which I was working, then open the 'other'
> > message and copy/paste from it.
>
> Hmm. As far as I can see this doesn't buy you
> much...
Well, I find it a lot more convenient than saving to a
temporary file.