Re: message-subject-re

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Michael.Cook@cisco.com wrote:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>> Michael.Cook@cisco.com wrote:
>> > i wanted to inhibit gnus from inserting "Re:" at the beginning of
>>> subject lines.  but it seems that that behavior is hard-coded into
>>> message.el.  here's a patch to unharden that code.
>>
>> I'd like to see something more general.  In particular, I'd like
>> "(was:.*" to be removed from the Subject: in responses.  Maybe a hook
>> is in order?
> 
> i think you might have misunderstood.  message-subject-re is the
> string that gnus inserts into the subject line when you start
> composing a reply (or follow-up).

I understand.  I'd like to have a more general facility for modifying
the subject when composing a response.  This could incorporate adding
"Re: " and removing a trailing "(was:.*".  Maybe also remove
"Re\[[0-9]+\]:" or something.

I see we already have message-header-setup-hook; would this work?  But
we don't yet have functions to add to it to clean up the subject.  Or
do we?

> the functionality you describe sounds like
> `message-subject-re-regexp'.

I'm not sure what that does - is it used to decide when to add "Re:"?
Or to group threads by subject?  Anyway, I don't think it's what I'm
looking for.


paul