From: Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com>
To: David Edmondson <dme@dme.org>, 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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Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:38:38 -0500
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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.

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
  =E2=80=9CFirstname>=E2=80=9D 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 =E2=80=9Chi=
nts
  to MUA authors=E2=80=9D section of the supercite manual (distributed with
  Emacs).

So, a +1 from me on this idea, from a different perspective.

--=20
Aaron Ecay