Re: changing the scratch mode

[Baloff <vddr2u@bi.edu.gr>]

Tim X wrote:
> Baloff <vddr2u@bi.edu.gr> 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?