From: Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Emacs-lisp function for block-quoting (mail-style)?
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:46:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m37kc721pd.fsf@defun.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ae685d1b.0302101405.1cc4adb4@posting.google.com
baard.kopperud@bigfoot.com (Baard Ove Kopperud) writes:
> I was wondering if there is an emacs-lisp function
> for block-quoting a region and/or paragraph(s) of
> text in "mail-style"
>
> Idealy, it should re-break the lines if necessary
> to fit the specified coulmn-width
One way to do it is by setting the fill prefix, `C-x .', see "The Fill
Prefix" section in the Emacs manual.
> It ought to be possible to specify a file-name and
> have the file's contens pasted into the current
> buffer quoted. This could perhaps be a seperate
> fuction that just used the actual quoting-function.
Look for 'boxquote.el' which has this and similar functions. It uses
this style by default:
,----[ test.txt ]
| Foo bar
|
`----
But the style can be customized.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-10 22:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-10 22:05 Emacs-lisp function for block-quoting (mail-style)? Baard Ove Kopperud
2003-02-10 22:15 ` Ethan Brown
2003-02-10 22:46 ` Jesper Harder [this message]
2003-02-11 15:04 ` D. Goel
2003-02-11 19:25 ` Baard Ove Kopperud
2003-02-11 19:57 ` D. Goel
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