Re: convenient mime keys

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Wes Hardaker <wjhardaker@ucdavis.edu> writes:

> One of the things I've always hated about TM is that it forced me into 
> the article buffer.  I *hate* doing that because there is no ideal way 
> to switch back to the summary buffer ('h' is very slow for some
> reason,

Huh.  Is it a menu thing, perhaps? 

> Anyway, what I think would be cool is to number the mime attachments
> shown in the buffer, and then make a new key binding set that did the
> equivalent of the button presses in the article buffer on that
> attachment.

I think that's a good idea.

> The problem will come into things like multi-part alternatives in a
> message with attachments and the numbering system.

Can't we just number all the parts?

> I wanted all
> numbers since it could be used in the prefix arguments as shown above, 
> but what about things like:
> 
>   [1a: text/plain]
>   [1b: text/html]         (alternative)
>   [2: image/jpeg] 

Like:

   [1: text/plain]
   [2: text/html]         (alternative)
   [3: image/jpeg] 

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