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From: wsincc@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl (Wim van Dorst)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: MicroEmacs' $readhook
Keywords: MicroEmacs 3.10 VMS $readhook Mail.rc
Message-ID: <809@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl>
Date: 21 Jul 89 09:27:26 GMT
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Hello Everybody,

I have set up as indicated in the manual, the proper things in
order to use MicroEmacs as my mail-editor. This works great sofar.

I have made a file mail.rc to use as startup file while using
MicroEmacs as mail-editor. It makes use of $writehook to add
my signature to the typed-in letter. I now want it to insert
things like "> " in front of each line of the letter I am
replying to, using $readhook. I have in mail.rc this:

23	store-macro
	set %rctmp &sin $cfname "."
	set %rctmp &mid $cfname &add %rctmp 1 5
	!if &seq %rctmp "rc"
		!return
	!endif
	write-message "You may reply to this file"
!endm
set $readhook execute-macro-23

When I open a letter (Mail, send, me, subject) it gives me an
empty file and no message. When I change the write-message to
insert-string ">" it gives an empty file and the cursor keeps
blinking behind the message "New File". It cannot be moved
anywhere anymore and I have to turn off my terminal. When I put in
the line replace-string "~n" "~n> " which was my original idea, I
get the same results.

How come I don't get the results I expect? Is it something I have
not yet understood about the use of the $readhook, or is it a
bug, or....?

I hope to see this discussed in this newsgroup, please.

Met vriendelijke groeten,  Wim van Dorst
(wsincc@tuerc3.urc.tue.nl or wsincc@tuerc3.uucp)