Re: Attaching notes to messages

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Hannu Koivisto <azure@iki.fi> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> | Editing is also possibe in News groups with  `C-u e'
> 
> Hmm, what exactly happens in this case?  Does the article get saved
> to a local disk like in the case of marking it persistent?

It just allows the user to Edit a News article and then (manually) save
it to whatever, nnml group etc.  It saves the step of having to save it
first then move to group where saved to edit.

> |. . . . . . . . . . . . .  then save that portion
> | to file with M-x save-to-file.
> |                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                     append to file

> | Remove the annotation with C-w then attach it with 'C-c a'
>                                                       ^^^^^
                                                        C-c C-a
> Are these SAVE-TO-FILE and `C-c a' things part of your code?  I
> can't see the connection and, on the other hand, they are not
> default stuff.
> 
Read M-x append-to-file .... and C-c C-a  The normal keycombo  to
attach a file when in edit mode.

> | Save the Message plus attachment (to desired group) with the code I
> | mentioned above then kill the edit buffer.
> | 
> | The result of all this is an annotation attached to a copy of original
> | message, saved in a special group.  While leaving the original message
> | untouched in its group.
> 
> As far as I can see, this doesn't provide any way to get to the
> annotation from the message... 

Press "i" over the button.

This was only a way to attach memos to a message without altering the
message. I never do this.  Better to put the edits in the message.
I've never needed a pristine original so far, so don't mind typing all
I want into the message itself.

However, with the method I use the original remains unchanged and in
place until an expiry rule gets to it.

> want to know what happens to by-force -edited news articles.

I think they dissappear when group is re-entered or message is closed
then opened after saving edit, if not saved in some way.  

The utility of it is that it allows you to make your edit *before*
saving to disk.  It illiminates a step in the save, edit, save
cycle. It becomes -- edit, save

> Although it still feels a bit hacky, I think this sounds the best
> way to go at least if I manage to wrap up some functions to ease
> using it.  Oh well, one can't get everything.
> 

[...]  snipped fierce rant

> 
> *phew*.  Did I mention that I need a holiday? :)

Use "nn" for six weeks    : )