[techtalk] Mutt functionality

[David Merrill]

On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 03:49:32PM +1000, Claudine wrote:
> On Thursday, 05 July 2001, David Merrill wrote to techtalk, 
> 
> > > > 3.  Can we cut and paste text within and between
> > > > emails with Mutt?
> > 
> > You use your regular text editor, so you can do anything you would do
> > within it. Cutting & pasting between two emails is not made really
> > easy by mutt, but it can be done. I `s'ave the first message, so it's
> 
> If you want to include text from more than one message in a reply, 
> 't'ag each message, then ; (semi-colon to apply the next command to 
> tagged messages), 'r'eply to tagged messages, 'y'es to include quoted 
> text.  All the quoted text from all the original messages will appear 
> in the editor, correctly attributed (unless you have configured mutt 
> to never include quoted text, which might be a bit harsh, but that's 
> not the default setting anyway).  All the original authors will be 
> included in the recipients, so you may need to edit those.
> 
> I've said it before, and I'll say it again: MUTT ROCKS!!

Coolness. Thanks for the tip!

I've been running mutt for about a year and a half, and I am still
finding out things it can do, like this one. How many other muas can
you say that about? ;-) Okay, I'm biased.

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