Baloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tim X wrote: > > Baloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>Hello > >> > >>C-x b to get the scratch buffer, so I can type an email, ops the mode > >>line shows (Lisp Interaction), well I need the mode assosiated with > >>.txt files, I remember when I open a file with .txt it had a (Text Fly > >>Fill) mode. now how can I change this mode in the middle of my > >>"writing the email". > >> > >>thanks > > I suspect there may be better ways of doing what you want, but its > > not > > clear exactly what you want. For example, if you just want to write an > > e-mail, why not use one of the many existing modes/packages for > > composing e-mail. by doing this, you often get a lot of other added > > benefits which may not get added when just creating a text file - for > > example, you can define a bunch of e-mail specific abbrevs which only > > take effect in buffers relating to composing e-mail, or you might > > prefer different fill columns for normal text files compared to e-mail > > messages or you might have a little emacs funciton which inserts witty > > signatures into your e-mails which won't work if its just a buffer in > > plain text mode etc. I just get the feeling from your post that you > > may be trying to force > > emacs into your way of thinking/doing things. While this is certainly > > one of the major advantages of emacs, you can pretty much customize it > > to be just how you want, its better to work out how emacs does things > > first so that your not just re-inventing part of an existing > > wheel. Once you know how emacs wants to do things, you can then more > > easily work out how to best customize it to meet your personal > > preferences. Tim > > > right, gnus is one thing I did not know about, I am getting to know it > now, is there another package about emails in my system that I maynot > be aware off?
The only other 'standard' mail package that comes with emacs is rmail. However, there are *lots* of various packages around and many distributions come with some of the more standard ones. I'd recommend checking out http://www.emacswiki.org Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out! _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs