Re: How to pipe text or load a file directly into mail-mode?

[Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com>]

On 2006-05-03, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 May 2006 16:05:54 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 2006-05-03, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 3 May 2006 12:29:03 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> I'd like the output of a Perl program to end up in an Emacs mail-mode
>>>> buffer, ready to proofread, edit and then send with C-c C-c.  I don't
>>>> mind whether my program
>>>>
>>>> 1. pipes the output to an emacs command, or
>>>>
>>>> 2. saves the output in a temp file and opens it with an emacs command.
>>
>> I forgot to make something clear: emacs is *not* running when the Perl
>> program starts.  The Perl program generates the unedited message and
>> then launches emacs.
>
> Oh!  I misunderstood you then.  Sorry.

To me it seemed perfectly obvious what I meant, if you know what I
mean.  That's why I get other people to proofread bigger things!


> This is kind of backwards.  I usually let Emacs start other programs as
> inferior processes, instead of the other way around.  Perhaps someone
> more experienced with Emacs can help you with this (i.e. you could write
> a function that can be called with:
>
>     perl script.pl | emacs --batch -f foo-function
>
> and let `foo-function' read from the standard input stream.  But I know
> far too little to do that myself.

I'll look at from that angle and see if I can come up with something
(but my elisp is really bad).

Thanks.