Paul Fox writes:
> jon wrote:
>  > Ken Hornstein writes:
>  > > >I agree.  But times have changed, and it doesn't work well with new
>  > > >stuff like dropbox.
>  > > 
>  > > Okay, I was confused a bit because you said the DRAFT temporary file,
>  > > but really the @ file is only created by dist and repl.
>  > > 
>  > > Jon, would you be happy with -atlink and -noatlink options to repl and
>  > > dist?
>  > > 
>  > > --Ken
>  > 
>  > Sure.  But I am still curious as to the purpose intended by @ in the
>  > first place if anybody knows.
> 
> i think in a world where repl doesn't quote the message you're
> replying to, it gives a very convenient place from which to fetch that
> text yourself.
> 
> paul

OK, I can buy that.  Just for the sake of discussion, that's `mhpath cur`
assuming that one doesn't have multiple replies running at once which is
problematic anyway.  So it seems like a bell or whistle.

Jon

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