Re: send hook issues
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 02:50:40PM, Will Maier wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 12:04:01PM -0700, jhelfman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > Is there a send hook of some sort to automatically take out the
> > signatures in replies??
>
> This is probably more appropriate for your editor to handle. I use
> vim to compose my messages; here's one way to get rid of all but the
> last signature (which is presumably your own).
>
> In vim, type the following:
>
> :g/.\+-- $/normal d}
But it won't work if it is my first signature. Is there a way to add
the check?
Thanks
>
> This will search your mail for lines beginning with at least one
> character (.\+) and ending with '-- ', which is the standard marker
> for signatures in email. On each of those lines, it will delete from
> that line to the end of the paragraph, which is defined as vim as a
> block of text beginning and ending with an empty line.
>
> You may need to tweak the command depending on your signature;
> it's also not overly intelligent. Still, if it works for you, you
> could add it to your .vimrc and run it when buffers with ft=mail are
> opened.
>
> HTH.
>
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