From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Use Emacs to compose emails for Gmail web interface Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:07:57 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1379524217 27929 80.91.229.3 (18 Sep 2013 17:10:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:10:17 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 18 19:10:20 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VMLGe-0001bc-9J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:10:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48176 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VMLGd-00078i-Qn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:10:19 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="2b4d99857b7659717d3b28a24c766d4c"; logging-data="12812"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/funntXD3sQitcoxMCkiQ3Wj5jbJuzlIw=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:eCARvLL3lpDloVFxhTZgZjUffWU= sha1:nh0sSZH3KiMJGQQFlaRC+PRiw+g= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:201177 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:93446 Archived-At: Jorge <1gato0a@gmail.com> writes: > Hi. I use Gmail's web interface. In the long run I may change to an Emacs > mail client, but I am out of time right now and Gmail has been working very > well. > > The one irritation is that every time I compose an email, I type `c' in Gmail > (to open compose), then C-a (to select all), C-c , change focus to Emacs, C-M-y > (which I have bound to clipboard-yank), M-x delete-trailing-whitespace, edit > the email, C-x h, C-M-w (which I have bound to clipboard-kill-ring-save), change > focus to gmail, C-v. > > Is there a quicker way? > > It would be better if Gmail worked with the Firefox extension `It's all text', > which it used to; but since Gmail moved to the "new compose experience" it > doesn't work anymore. Yes, there is a quicker way. You do all that but don't have time to set up Emacs? I use fetchmail and pop to pull email to my local q. -- Dan Espen