buffer names for followups, currently "*reply to ..."

buffer names for followups, currently "*reply to ..."

[Greg Stark]

I think it would make more sense if followups were 
``*followup to Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen in mail.ding*''
rather than 
``*reply to Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen*''

Actually, it would be nice if we had format specs for these buffer names.
I may want, for example, to use e-mail addresses to shorten the length,
and some people might want to use the qualified group names, ie. nnml:...

But my main complaint was that seeing ``reply'' confused me 
when i thought i had started a followup.

greg

Re: buffer names for followups, currently "*reply to ..."

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Greg Stark <gsstark@MIT.EDU> writes:

> I think it would make more sense if followups were 
> ``*followup to Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen in mail.ding*''
> rather than 
> ``*reply to Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen*''

Well, I've reserved "followup" for newsey messages, while "reply" is
reserved for mailey messages.  I could change it to "wide reply to..."
after pressing `F', I guess.  Fix in Gnus v5.2.27.

> Actually, it would be nice if we had format specs for these buffer names.
> I may want, for example, to use e-mail addresses to shorten the length,
> and some people might want to use the qualified group names, ie. nnml:...

Yes, that would have been nice.

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