From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/68666 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giorgos Keramidas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Sending attachments Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:57:15 +0300 Message-ID: <87fxd95938.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <87k52rzyn1.fsf@benthic.rattlesnake.com> <873a9fw6dt.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87y6r7yp1y.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <0922916E-B9DD-41C4-8A3D-8550CDD56B62@mit.edu> <83r5ww1m3k.fsf@gnu.org> <871vovsvi8.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <83ljn324xd.fsf@gnu.org> <87skhbrdz3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <83hbxr0zc6.fsf@gnu.org> <87hbxqrha4.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <83d48e1oz6.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246946275 12689 80.91.229.12 (7 Jul 2009 05:57:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:57:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, yamaoka@jpl.org, eliz@gnu.org, yandros@MIT.EDU, Miles Bader To: ams@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 07 07:57:47 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MO3gX-0005Yn-Dx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:57:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36745 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MO3gW-0005ey-RX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MO3gO-0005eh-6E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MO3gI-0005eM-Ax for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48449 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MO3gI-0005eJ-5J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:30 -0400 Original-Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr ([150.140.141.169]:60846) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MO3gA-0003vo-Fl; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2114EB5384; Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:57:18 +0300 (EEST) Original-Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51074503F; Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:57:18 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Original-Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pE38SQA-KVaj; Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:57:18 +0300 (EEST) Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl139-187.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.10.187]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52CB34509B; Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:57:18 +0300 (EEST) Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n675vHhh079123; Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:57:17 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Original-Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n675vF4u079122; Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:57:15 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:37:32 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (berkeley-unix) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:112120 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:68666 Archived-At: On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:37:32 -0400, "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote: > For such a feature to be properly implmented they wouldn't be in > mail-mode (or any such mode), but in a seperate mode that handles MIME > attachment exclusivly. If message-mode handles this itself, then it > is a sign that it was not properly thought through. It's a library already, IIRC. The mml-* functions can parse a simple meta-language from plain text buffers and generate MIME messages: ,---[ (emacs-mime)Top > Composing ---------------------------------- | | 2 Composing | *********** | | Creating a MIME message is boring and non-trivial. Therefore, a | library called `mml' has been defined that parses a language called MML | (MIME Meta Language) and generates MIME messages. | `----------------------------------------------------------------------- Perhaps mail-mode can be tweaked to use `mml-' functions too?