Suggestion: composing mails while in *Group*

Suggestion: composing mails while in *Group*

[Deepak Goel]

If i type "a" for article when in *Group* buffer, i am put into a
*mail* but with the newsgroup field not filled in..

Wouldn't it be nice if gnus fills in the newsgroup at which the point
currently resides in the *Group* buffer..  And if the point happens
to be on a *mail* buffer, then gnus could choose the newsgroup nearest
to point..

Similarly, context-sensitive filling in of "To:" when pressing m for
mails would be cool too..

And of course, if someone does not like that, there could  be a
variable that could turn these featured off..

Re: Suggestion: composing mails while in *Group*

[Charles Sebold]

On 25 Shevat 5762, Deepak Goel wrote:

> If i type "a" for article when in *Group* buffer, i am put into a
> *mail* but with the newsgroup field not filled in..
> 
> Wouldn't it be nice if gnus fills in the newsgroup at which the point
> currently resides in the *Group* buffer..

C-u a does this now, I believe.  But I don't know about the rest.

> And if the point happens to be on a *mail* buffer, then gnus could
> choose the newsgroup nearest to point..
> 
> Similarly, context-sensitive filling in of "To:" when pressing m for
> mails would be cool too..
> 
> And of course, if someone does not like that, there could  be a
> variable that could turn these featured off..

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Charles Sebold                                      25th of Shevat, 5762

Re: Suggestion: composing mails while in *Group*

[Steinar Bang]

>>>>> Deepak Goel <deego@glue.umd.edu>:

> If i type "a" for article when in *Group* buffer, i am put into a
> *mail* but with the newsgroup field not filled in..

> Wouldn't it be nice if gnus fills in the newsgroup at which the
> point currently resides in the *Group* buffer..  And if the point
> happens to be on a *mail* buffer, then gnus could choose the
> newsgroup nearest to point..

Does `C-u a' do what you want?

> Similarly, context-sensitive filling in of "To:" when pressing m for
> mails would be cool too..

Does `C-u a' on a mail group with to-address set in the group
parameters do what you want?

In addition `C-u m' on a group will create an email with an empty
"To:" field, and with the "From:" field determined by posting-styles
for the group under the cursor.

> And of course, if someone does not like that, there could  be a
> variable that could turn these featured off..

Re: Suggestion: composing mails while in *Group*

[Kai Großjohann]

Deepak Goel <deego@glue.umd.edu> writes:

> Similarly, context-sensitive filling in of "To:" when pressing m for
> mails would be cool too..

If you have a to-list (or to-address?) group parameter, C-u a does
this.

kai
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Re: Suggestion: composing mails while in *Group*

[Sean Neakums]

commence  Kai Großjohann quotation:

> Deepak Goel <deego@glue.umd.edu> writes:
>> Similarly, context-sensitive filling in of "To:" when pressing m
>> for mails would be cool too..
>
> If you have a to-list (or to-address?) group parameter, C-u a does
> this.

I like the orthogonality of that; everything really *is* a newsgroup!

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Re: Suggestion: composing mails while in *Group*

[Deepak Goel]

Thanks to everyone who followed up and replied.. sorry that i didn't
realize that the functionality already exists..  

Have a good day,

Deepak				   <http://www.glue.umd.edu/~deego>
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