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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Unexpected fill-paragraph behaviour in message-mode
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:06:06 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvh6vm6esl.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Y+uLkERxITxBvpF4@protected.localdomain

>> Thanks for this clarification. Having used message-mode to compose
>> emails in the past, I mistakenly assumed it could be used to compose
>> emails for non-emacs MUAs.
>
> It can be used.  I now use message-mode to write this e-mail.
> But I do not use all features.
>
> - I cannot attach or sign messages this way, I will do that in Mutt
>
> - I cannot use all features of message-mode
>
> - I can use mostly editing feature.

Very good points.  Maybe we should provide a specific function that sets
up message-mode for use as $EDITOR so that you can use
`mml-attache-file`, sign, etc...


        Stefan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-02-15 17:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-13  1:11 Unexpected fill-paragraph behaviour in message-mode Ryan Kavanagh
2023-02-13 13:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-13 14:41   ` Ryan Kavanagh
2023-02-13 15:20     ` Teemu Likonen
2023-02-13 15:21     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-14 12:54       ` Ryan Kavanagh
2023-02-14 13:24         ` Jean Louis
2023-02-15  2:21           ` Emanuel Berg
2023-02-15 17:06           ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2023-02-13 19:07     ` Jean Louis
2023-02-15 17:02 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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