To: Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com>, Adam Wolfe Gordon <awg+notmuch@xvx.ca>,
	notmuch@notmuchmail.org, awg@xvx.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Quoting HTML-only emails in replies redux
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From: David Edmondson <dme@dme.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:39:30 +0000
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:38:38 -0500, Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
> >=20
> > 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.
>=20
> 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.

Is there a mechanistic way to determine the correct behaviour in this
respect? I suspect that it's exactly the kind of thing that Carl wanted
to be included in 'notmuch' itself, so that other UIs can benefit.

>   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)

You can do both of these things today using `message-send-hook' (I do).

> - There exists at least one emacs package (supercite) which allows
>   customization of the quoting of email replies.  This automates the
>   =E2=80=9CFirstname>=E2=80=9D style quotes one sometimes sees, as well a=
s 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 =E2=80=9C=
hints
>   to MUA authors=E2=80=9D section of the supercite manual (distributed wi=
th
>   Emacs).

I dislike supercite, so no support from me in that direction :-)

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