* Macro to fold References header in news or mail onto multiple lines?
@ 2006-10-25 9:36 Adam Funk
2006-10-25 11:47 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-10-25 12:22 ` Markus Triska
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From: Adam Funk @ 2006-10-25 9:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
I'm looking for an emacs macro to fold the References header in a news
or mail message that I'm editing onto mulitple lines. I want a
command that will reformat the following line, for example,
References: <37029@invalid> <3203A@example.com> <BB6D1@invalid> <5DFF1@example.org>
into this sequence of lines
References: <37029@invalid>
<3203A@example.com>
<BB6D1@invalid>
<5DFF1@example.org>
which still constitutes one header (I've used tabs at the beginning of
the subsequent lines in my example, but spaces are OK too).
(If the macro finds the References: line near the top of the current
buffer on its own, that would be nice too.)
I'm sure someone must have already done this (and I hope so, because
my elisp skills are *very* limited), but I haven't been able to find
anything relevant by googling (probably because "fold" in the Emacs
context is often used to mean hide part of a buffer from view). I'd
appreciate a pointer to such a macro or just some more precise
terminology for googling for it.
Thanks,
Adam
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* Re: Macro to fold References header in news or mail onto multiple lines?
2006-10-25 9:36 Macro to fold References header in news or mail onto multiple lines? Adam Funk
@ 2006-10-25 11:47 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-10-25 12:22 ` Markus Triska
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2006-10-25 11:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 25.10.2006 um 11:36 schrieb Adam Funk:
> I want a command that will reformat the following line, for example,
>
> References: <37029@invalid> <3203A@example.com> <BB6D1@invalid>
> <5DFF1@example.org>
>
> into this sequence of lines
>
> References: <37029@invalid>
> <3203A@example.com>
> <BB6D1@invalid>
> <5DFF1@example.org>
M-x replace-string RET > SPC < RET > C-q C-j C-q TAB < RET
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* Re: Macro to fold References header in news or mail onto multiple lines?
2006-10-25 9:36 Macro to fold References header in news or mail onto multiple lines? Adam Funk
2006-10-25 11:47 ` Peter Dyballa
@ 2006-10-25 12:22 ` Markus Triska
2006-10-25 18:31 ` Adam Funk
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From: Markus Triska @ 2006-10-25 12:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> writes: > > References:
<37029@invalid> <3203A@example.com> <BB6D1@invalid>... > > into
this sequence of lines > > References: <37029@invalid> >
<3203A@example.com> > <BB6D1@invalid> >
<5DFF1@example.org>
(defun fold-references () (interactive)
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-min))
(search-forward "References: ") (while (looking-at "<.*?>")
(goto-char (match-end 0))
(insert "\n")
(delete-horizontal-space)
(insert "\t"))
(delete-char -2))) ; remove tab & newline
Best wishes! -- Markus Triska
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* Re: Macro to fold References header in news or mail onto multiple lines?
2006-10-25 12:22 ` Markus Triska
@ 2006-10-25 18:31 ` Adam Funk
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From: Adam Funk @ 2006-10-25 18:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
On 2006-10-25, Markus Triska <triska@gmx.at> wrote:
> (defun fold-references () (interactive)
> (save-excursion
> (goto-char (point-min))
> (search-forward "References: ") (while (looking-at "<.*?>")
> (goto-char (match-end 0))
> (insert "\n")
> (delete-horizontal-space)
> (insert "\t"))
> (delete-char -2))) ; remove tab & newline
I honestly wasn't trying to get someone to *write* it for me --- but
that's brilliant, thanks. And I can understand how it works. Maybe
someday I'll be able to write elisp too. ;-)
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