From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: brian powell Subject: Re: Mail composed using emacs --- saving a copy in an org file. Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:55:12 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f643bf22b7e1f04bb4bcb80 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46625) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S8EtQ-0006mb-M9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:55:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S8EtO-0007NN-MU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:55:16 -0400 Received: from mail-yx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.213.169]:41404) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S8EtO-0007N7-FP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:55:14 -0400 Received: by yenm8 with SMTP id m8so3955553yen.0 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:55:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Alan E. Davis" Cc: org-mode --e89a8f643bf22b7e1f04bb4bcb80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 * Josh's answer seems great. ** I used to use VM in EMACS, worked great, highly recommend it--you could then use EMACS hooks like: "vm-mail-hook List of hook functions to be run after a Mail mode composition buffer has been created to send a non specialized message, i.e. a message that is not a reply, forward, digest, etc. VM runs this hook and then runs vm-mail-mode-hook before leaving you in the Mail mode buffer. --and hook those hooks (the list of hooks is 20+ long) up to creating an OrgMode document---maybe somewhat in the way Josh suggested--e.g.: (add-hook 'vm-summary-update-hook 'org-capture) On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I am partial to just opening a mail buffer and writing email in Emacs. > Just that. However, it would be great to save a copy in an org file. > > An emacs FAQ suggests sending a BCC or FCC to oneself. What I want is a > copy stored in an org-mode subtree, with a convenient headline indicating > the name of the recipient and the date. > > So far, I haven't gotten my head around the idea of using BABEL, and I > still like text for email. My experiments with GNUS have not been very > successful. So far. > > I apologize for the naive level of this and some of my other questions. > Though I may not be getting the maximum usefulness of all of org-mode's > features, those features I do use are awesome. Thank you. > > Alan Davis > --e89a8f643bf22b7e1f04bb4bcb80 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Josh's answer seems great.

** I used to use VM in = EMACS, worked great, highly recommend it--you could then use EMACS hooks li= ke:

"vm-mail-hook
List of hook= functions to be run after a Mail mode composition buffer has been created = to send a non specialized message, i.e. a message that is not a reply, forw= ard, digest, etc. VM runs this hook and then runs vm-mail-mode-hook before = leaving you in the Mail mode buffer.

--and hook those hooks (the list of hooks is 20+ = long) up to creating an OrgMode document---maybe somewhat in the way Josh s= uggested--e.g.:

(add-hook 'vm-summary-update-h= ook 'org-capture)

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Alan E= . Davis <lngndvs@= gmail.com> wrote:
I am partial to just opening a mail buffer and writing email in Emacs.=A0 J= ust that.=A0 However, it would be great to save a copy in an org file.
<= br>An emacs FAQ suggests sending a BCC or FCC to oneself.=A0 What I want is= a copy stored in an org-mode subtree, with a convenient headline indicatin= g the name of the recipient and the date.

So far, I haven't gotten my head around the idea of using BABEL, an= d I still like text for email.=A0=A0 =A0 My experiments with GNUS have not = been very successful.=A0 So far.

I apologize for the naive level of= this and some of my other questions.=A0 Though I may not be getting the ma= ximum usefulness of all of org-mode's features, those features I do use= are awesome.=A0=A0 Thank you.

Alan Davis

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