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From: Leon <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [help] attachment description default to file name
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:30:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2sll36iu8.fsf@sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r70nngfd.fsf@gate450.dyndns.org>

Andreas Seltenreich <seltenreich@gmx.de> writes:

> Leon <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> When attaching a file, there is a "one line description:"? How can I
>> set it default to the file name? I find it useful because when I
>> download the attachment from webmail interface the description is the
>> file name to save.
>
> You could write a function that wraps around mml-attach-file and use
> that instead. E.g. (untested):
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defun my-attach-file (file &optional type description disposition)
>   (interactive
>    (let* ((file (mml-minibuffer-read-file "Attach file: "))
> 	  (type (mml-minibuffer-read-type file))
> 	  (description
> 	   (read-string
> 	    (format "One line description (default %s): " file) nil nil file))
> 	  (disposition (mml-minibuffer-read-disposition type)))
> 	  (list file type description disposition)))
>   (mml-attach-file file type description disposition))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> regards,
> andreas

Thank you, Andreas. It works.

-- 
Leon

      reply	other threads:[~2006-07-15 14:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-21 14:14 Leon
2006-07-15 13:31 ` Andreas Seltenreich
2006-07-15 14:30   ` Leon [this message]

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