Re: [Message] Request: message-set-field

[Toby Speight <Toby.Speight@streapadair.freeserve.co.uk>]

Kai> Kai Großjohann <URL:mailto:Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE>

0> In article <vafn1r3ylkq.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de>, Kai wrote:

Kai> Jonas Steverud <d4jonas@dtek.chalmers.se> writes:

>> I was thinking on adding (js-gnus-message-change-subject-was "var")
>> to some Swedish groups' paramters but when I do a follow-up it is
>> not longer "var" but "was". This makes sense since group parameters
>> are buffer local, but how do I make it propergate to my follow-ups?

Kai> I think that Lars has included some code which copied all
Kai> buffer-local variables from the summary buffer into the
Kai> message buffer.  Or was it from the summary buffer into the
Kai> article buffer?
Kai>
Kai> Does anybody know about the status of this code?  Is it still
Kai> there?  If so, why does it not work?

I think it only copies buffer-local variables whose names begin with
gnus- or message-.  I still think that localising the "was" string when
sending is a bad idea, for the same reason as localising "Re" is bad.
I think it should be localised at the recipient for display.  Otherwise
code to help manage subject lines needs a huge set of possible strings
to match.