* [sgnus-0.89] compose two messages simultaneously?
@ 1996-05-20 21:09 Mark Borges
1996-05-20 21:43 ` Andrew Eskilsson
1996-05-21 0:35 ` Jack Vinson
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From: Mark Borges @ 1996-05-20 21:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
Is it possible in sgnus to compose two messages at the same time?
Suppose I'm writing a lengthy diatribe, get bored, read some other
news, see something that begs for a one-word reply and want to post a
quick reply. Right now it appears I have to finish what I'm doing, or
erase the current message. OK, I don't really erase it, I copy it ot
*scratch*, do the quick reply, then reply (again) to the original
article and insert the *scratch* buffer.
But that's ugly, to say the least. So I must either be doing it the
wrong way, or we aren't supposed to do this very often.
I know this functionality was what the draft concept was for, but
that's gone now, right? Would it be a simple (and safe) thing to put
in the ability for message mode to use another buffer, e.g.,
`*message* <2>'?
--
-mb-
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* Re: [sgnus-0.89] compose two messages simultaneously?
1996-05-20 21:09 [sgnus-0.89] compose two messages simultaneously? Mark Borges
@ 1996-05-20 21:43 ` Andrew Eskilsson
1996-05-21 0:35 ` Jack Vinson
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From: Andrew Eskilsson @ 1996-05-20 21:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: Ding Gnus List
/ Mark Borges <mdb@cdc.noaa.gov> wrote:
|
| I know this functionality was what the draft concept was for, but
| that's gone now, right? Would it be a simple (and safe) thing to put
| in the ability for message mode to use another buffer, e.g.,
| `*message* <2>'?
Hopefully it is on its way back in Red (?), at the moment I use M-x
rename-uniquely if I want to compose two mails.
/andy
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* Re: [sgnus-0.89] compose two messages simultaneously?
1996-05-20 21:09 [sgnus-0.89] compose two messages simultaneously? Mark Borges
1996-05-20 21:43 ` Andrew Eskilsson
@ 1996-05-21 0:35 ` Jack Vinson
1996-05-21 4:45 ` Manoj Srivastava
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From: Jack Vinson @ 1996-05-21 0:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "mb" == Mark D Borges <Mark> writes:
mb> Is it possible in sgnus to compose two messages at the same time?
mb> Suppose I'm writing a lengthy diatribe, get bored, read some other
mb> news, see something that begs for a one-word reply and want to post a
mb> quick reply. Right now it appears I have to finish what I'm doing, or
mb> erase the current message. OK, I don't really erase it, I copy it ot
mb> *scratch*, do the quick reply, then reply (again) to the original
mb> article and insert the *scratch* buffer.
Andy Eskilsson already mentioned using M-x rename-uniquely. It will rename
to something list "*mail message*<2>" which I don't particularly like.
Below is a take on mail/news buffer renaming that I worked out with a couple
other people. I then bind it to C-c C-r, to provide an easy way to rename
the buffer. The result is a buffer name "*message* recipient@some.where.net".
(defun message-rename-buffer (&optional enter-string)
"Rename the *message* buffer to \"*message* RECIPIENT\". If the function is
run with a prefix, it will ask for a new buffer name, rather than giving
an automatic name."
(interactive "Pbuffer name: ")
(save-excursion
(save-restriction
(goto-char (point-min))
(narrow-to-region (point)
(search-forward mail-header-separator nil 'end))
(let* ((mail-to (if (message-news-p) (mail-fetch-field "Newsgroups")
(mail-fetch-field "To")))
(mail-trimmed-to
(if (string-match "," mail-to)
(concat (substring mail-to 0 (match-beginning 0)) ", ...")
mail-to))
(name-default (concat "*message* " mail-trimmed-to))
(name (if enter-string
(read-string "New buffer name: " name-default)
name-default)))
(rename-buffer name t)))))
(define-key message-mode-map "\C-c\C-r" 'message-rename-buffer)
--
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* Re: [sgnus-0.89] compose two messages simultaneously?
1996-05-21 0:35 ` Jack Vinson
@ 1996-05-21 4:45 ` Manoj Srivastava
1996-05-21 14:30 ` Sudish Joseph
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From: Manoj Srivastava @ 1996-05-21 4:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
If I remember correctly, VM names the buffer something like
*reply to somebody@somewhere* (I don't remember whether it has leading
spaces) while composing the message, and after sending the message it
renames the buffer to *sent message to somebody@somwhere*. I have
often found that extremely useful, and this should not be hard to do.
but then, I guess it could leave people with zillions of
unkilled buffers (I don't seem to notice them building up, really)
manoj
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* Re: [sgnus-0.89] compose two messages simultaneously?
1996-05-21 4:45 ` Manoj Srivastava
@ 1996-05-21 14:30 ` Sudish Joseph
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From: Sudish Joseph @ 1996-05-21 14:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@pilgrim.umass.edu> writes:
> If I remember correctly, VM names the buffer something like
> *reply to somebody@somewhere* (I don't remember whether it has leading
I find this a very useful feature, too. VM's naming convention for
old messages ("sent mail to ..." "resent mail to..." etc.) is very
intuitive and saves you the bother of thinking up a reasonable name
while using rename uniquely.
This is trivial to add, but I dunno how it will go over. I was going
to add it to sendmail.el a long time back and stopped on seeing that
code that did something similar was already there in sendmail.el.
Here's the comment that accompanied the code:
;;; This is commented out because I found it was confusing in practice.
;;; It is easy enough to rename *mail* by hand with rename-buffer
;;; if you want to have multiple mail buffers.
;;; And then you can control which messages to save. --rms.
This was probably because the old code doesn't cleanup/reuse old
buffers (unlike VM).
> but then, I guess it could leave people with zillions of
> unkilled buffers (I don't seem to notice them building up, really)
VM lets you specify how many old buffers you wish to retain; it keeps
a list of all buffers it created and recycles the very oldest one when
it needs a new mail composition buffer.
-Sudish
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