Clarify initial discussion.
[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / mail / vms-pmail.el
1 ;;; vms-pmail.el --- use Emacs as the editor within VMS mail.
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 ;; Author: Roland B Roberts <roberts@panix.com>
6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
7 ;; Keywords: vms
8
9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
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15
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20
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25
26 ;;; Code:
27
28 ;;;
29 ;;; Quick hack to use emacs as mail editor. There are a *bunch* of
30 ;;; changes scattered throughout emacs to make this work, namely:
31 ;;; (1) mod to sysdep.c to allow emacs to attach to a process other
32 ;;; than the one that originally spawned it.
33 ;;; (2) mod to kepteditor.com to define the logical emacs_parent_pid
34 ;;; which is what sysdep.c looks for, and define the logical
35 ;;; emacs_command_args which contains the command line
36 ;;; (3) mod to re-parse command line arguments from emacs_command_args
37 ;;; then execute them as though emacs were just starting up.
38 ;;;
39 (defun vms-pmail-save-and-exit ()
40 "Save current buffer and exit emacs.
41 If this emacs cannot be suspended, you will be prompted about modified
42 buffers other than the mail buffer. BEWARE --- suspending emacs without
43 saving your mail buffer causes mail to abort the send (potentially useful
44 since the mail buffer is still here)."
45 (interactive)
46 (basic-save-buffer)
47 (if (vms-system-info "LOGICAL" "DONT_SUSPEND_EMACS")
48 (progn
49 (save-some-buffers)
50 (kill-emacs 1))
51 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
52 (suspend-emacs)))
53
54 (defun vms-pmail-abort ()
55 "Mark buffer as unmodified and exit emacs.
56 When the editor is exited without saving its buffer, VMS mail does not
57 send a message. If you have other modified buffers you will be
58 prompted for what to do with them."
59 (interactive)
60 (if (not (yes-or-no-p "Really abort mail? "))
61 (ding)
62 (not-modified)
63 (if (vms-system-info "LOGICAL" "DONT_SUSPEND_EMACS")
64 (progn
65 (save-some-buffers)
66 (kill-emacs 1))
67 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
68 (suspend-emacs))))
69
70 (defun vms-pmail-setup ()
71 "Set up file assuming use by VMS MAIL utility.
72 The buffer is put into text-mode, auto-save is turned off and the
73 following bindings are established.
74
75 \\[vms-pmail-save-and-exit] vms-pmail-save-and-exit
76 \\[vms-pmail-abort] vms-pmail-abort
77
78 All other emacs commands are still available."
79 (interactive)
80 (auto-save-mode -1)
81 (text-mode)
82 (let ((default (vms-system-info "LOGICAL" "SYS$SCRATCH"))
83 (directory (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name)))
84 (filename (file-name-nondirectory (buffer-file-name))))
85 (if (string= directory "SYS$SCRATCH:")
86 (progn
87 (cd default)
88 (setq buffer-file-name (concat default filename))))
89 (use-local-map (copy-keymap (current-local-map)))
90 (local-set-key "\C-c\C-c" 'vms-pmail-save-and-exit)
91 (local-set-key "\C-c\C-g" 'vms-pmail-abort)))
92
93 (defun indicate-mail-reply-text ()
94 "Prepares received mail for re-sending by placing >'s on each line."
95 (interactive)
96 (goto-char (point-min))
97 (while (not (eobp))
98 (insert ">")
99 (beginning-of-line)
100 (forward-line 1))
101 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
102 (goto-char (point-min)))
103
104 (defun insert-signature ()
105 "Moves to the end of the buffer and inserts a \"signature\" file.
106 First try the file indicated by environment variable MAIL$TRAILER.
107 If that fails, try the file \"~/.signature\".
108 If neither file exists, fails quietly."
109 (interactive)
110 (end-of-buffer)
111 (newline)
112 (if (vms-system-info "LOGICAL" "MAIL$TRAILER")
113 (if (file-attributes (vms-system-info "LOGICAL" "MAIL$TRAILER"))
114 (insert-file-contents (vms-system-info "LOGICAL" "MAIL$TRAILER"))
115 (if (file-attributes "~/.signature")
116 (insert-file-contents "~/.signature")))))
117
118 (provide 'vms-pmail)
119
120 ;;; vms-pmail.el ends here