how do you compose mails in Gnus with org-mode

how do you compose mails in Gnus with org-mode

[zwz]

Hi, all

Would you like to share your configuration of how to compose mails by org-mode.
I start org-mode by M-x org-mode, and found it not appelling at all.

Re: how do you compose mails in Gnus with org-mode

[Matt Lundin]

zwz wrote:
> 
> Would you like to share your configuration of how to compose mails
> by org-mode. I start org-mode by M-x org-mode, and found it not
> appelling at all.

Org-mode is not a mail mode. It certainly would not be suitable as a
major mode for composing mail.

Are you perhaps referring to using org for tables and plain lists in
mail messages? In that case you can activate a couple of minor modes
(orgtbl-mode, orgstruct-mode) by hooking them into your major mail
mode.

Instructions can be found here:

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#use-editing-features-in-other-modes

Regards,
Matt

Re: Orgmodehow do you compose mails in Gnus with org-mode

[Wes Hardaker]

>>>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:51:50 -0400, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> said:

ML> Org-mode is not a mail mode. It certainly would not be suitable as a
ML> major mode for composing mail.

I do frequently, however, write notes and things in org and then mail
them out later.  I either export them using org-export of type ascii,
for example.
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Re: Orgmodehow do you compose mails in Gnus with org-mode

[Matthew Lundin]

Wes Hardaker <wjhns209@hardakers.net> writes:

>>>>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:51:50 -0400, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> said:
>
> ML> Org-mode is not a mail mode. It certainly would not be suitable as a
> ML> major mode for composing mail.
>
> I do frequently, however, write notes and things in org and then mail
> them out later.  I either export them using org-export of type ascii,
> for example.

Yes, you are right. Forgive me if I somehow implied that org mode could
not slice and dice any type of plain text. Anything and everything goes
into my org files. :)

I got the impression, however, that the OP was typing M-x org-mode while
composing a mail in mail-mode or message-mode. I think the correct
approach would be to activate the minor modes (orgstruct-mode,
orgtbl-mode).

Best,
Matt