Re: [PATCH 0/4] Quoting HTML-only emails in replies redux

[Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:26:59 +0000, David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote:
> Given that we're now doing a bunch of work in emacs as part of the reply
> setup, why not just grab the content of the original message from the
> show buffer and quote that?
> 
> The last time that approach was discussed Carl was against it because it
> moved the emacs UI away from the behaviour of the CLI, but it seems that
> we're already heading in that direction.

I have been watching this patch series with interest, because it seemed
that when it landed it would be a good time for me to begin work on a
patch to allow notmuch to function like other emacs MUAs in constructing
the reply buffer internally to emacs, rather than through notmuch.  This
allows (at least) three things:
- Greater flexibility in the construction of address lists.  For example,
  there are some email lists where I want replies to list mail to go only
  to the list, not also to the original sender.  Additionally, I like to
  reply from my university address if colleagues write to my Gmail one.
  If a lisp function is generating the replies, it can be made to run a
  hook allowing users to insert these or other custom behaviors.
- The same reasoning as above, applied to signatures.  (different ones
  for different recipients)
- There exists at least one emacs package (supercite) which allows
  customization of the quoting of email replies.  This automates the
  “Firstname>” style quotes one sometimes sees, as well as many other
  possiblities.  It defines a way for emacs MUAs to construct reply
  buffers to cooperate with it, which many of the big emacs MUAs obey
  (Gnus and Wanderlust certainly do).  This is explained in the “hints
  to MUA authors” section of the supercite manual (distributed with
  Emacs).

So, a +1 from me on this idea, from a different perspective.

-- 
Aaron Ecay