Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!bikini!thoth From: thoth@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Robert Forsman) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Inserting replies in xmh (Was: xmh bug -- more) Message-ID: Date: 30 May 91 22:05:31 GMT References: <9105022125.AA24441@osf.osf.org> <11427@mirsa.inria.fr> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Organization: Zik Zak Lines: 26 In-reply-to: colas@celeste.inria.fr's message of 23 May 91 16:09:51 GMT Wait, you guys want to have the message you're replying to inserted in the edit buffer preceeded by "> "s, right? Why not use the documented mh facilities? (please excuse me if I have the question wrong, I caught the tail end and probably shouldn't be posting). ~/.mh_profile: Path: Mail Editor: /local/bin/emacs repl:-filter .replfilter Aliasfile: .mailaliases Signature: Robert Forsman ~/Mail/.replfilter message-id:nocomponent,formatfield="In message %{text}you wrote: \n\n" body:component="> ",overflowtext="> ",overflowoffset=0 This stuff is almost directly out of the mh manual pages (which are quite huge, by the way) and I have used it for months. I can find (an mail) the specific manual page if you can't find it on your system. -- "every population has 50% that are dumber than average..." shebs@apple.com I deal with Reality as you _don't_ understand it. "The way I see things, food exists to give texture to the taste of ketchup."