On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 01:33:59AM +0300, Mikko Hänninen wrote: > Cameron Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tue, 26 Sep 2000: > > I am trying to make a Macro that will reply to emails, find a specific > > line and append to the end of it a specific string.. > > > I'm sure this is a simple solution, call me stupid -- but I've just gone > > through every sample muttrc file I can find, it just seems noone has > > made a macro like this yet. > > Well, you can't do it with a Mutt macro alone, you need a little help > from an external script. In fact, most of the work needs to be done by > the script. > > I can see this being doable as follows: > > 1) Create a script that takes a filename as an argument. When run, it > will change the file by finding that one line, and then add whatever you > want to the end of it. The script should then exit. > > 2) In the index (and/or pager), create a macro that does the following: > > - set the editor command ($editor) to your script > - set $fast_reply (so that you don't get prompted for recipient or > subject, these will mess up the macro) > - start a reply, the <reply-message> function > - set the $editor back to your normal value > - unset $fast_reply (unless you want it on all the time) > > After this, you'll be placed in the compose menu, with the modified > message as the message text, and you can take it from there. So, I should speak up here... I actually use mutt for this sort of thing. Mostly, because I need to send a few hundred signed messages, and prefer to not retype my passphrase. I control a build daemon via email. The macros I use look like this: macro pager <f4> ":set editor=\"buildd-reply hand\"^MryyJ:source ~/.mutt-default^M" macro index <f4> ":set editor=\"buildd-reply hand\"^MryyJ:source ~/.mutt-default^M" # Will corrupt passphrase first time through, use ctrl-f. macro pager <f5> ":set editor=\"buildd-reply ok\"^MrypsyJ:source ~/.mutt-default^M" macro index <f5> ":set editor=\"buildd-reply ok\"^MrypsyJ:source ~/.mutt-default^M" They sign and send and advance to the next message. Now, there is something I would like to be able to do - given that I use maildir, I would rather have the editor invoked with the original mail file as a source and the temp file as a destination (the logs are often 4MB, and I read the log in and then write a 1K control message out). Does anyone think this is reasonable, or have ideas on an acceptable interface for it? Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
