Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:58:12 +0000 From: Mark Robert Vaughan Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> To: Anthony Perkins <anthony@acperkins.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Patch: Add option to fmt to ignore email reply lines Message-ID: <E05FEFD7-02C5-461F-A977-4743FB34A9DB@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20131125125430.GC67451@ul9n> References: <20131125125430.GC67451@ul9n>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 25 Nov 2013, at 12:54, Anthony Perkins <anthony@acperkins.com> wrote: > I've added an option to 'fmt' to ignore lines beginning with the > greater-than symbol, so that whole email replies can be piped through > fmt (e.g. via vi from mutt) without needing to repeat the command > for each of my paragraphs. > > This is my first real patch, so I would appreciate any feedback. I’ve not tried your patch, but I like the idea. When using NMH, I like to use a paragraph reformatter before sending, and fmt(1) was terrible because (as you note) it can’t handle the reply quoting. You may want to extend your idea a bit and do what par (ports/textproc/par) does. This is a paragraph reformatter that takes the quoting into account, replacing it after the paragraph wrapping. M -- Mark R V Murray [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQCVAwUBUpPH+t58vKOKE6LNAQp0HAQAlWPQUlmQ3KvnVWje39TxztLyOMQTHIzN fb/pcOlG6VnRCm+NmeLpBTdGEpmKhGH8KE1CyWOxDgTS6G1Olk4pdZaZDUoOJ4sK yvyqWvNV71eM8mnm5QXlndlAj53CdAZrMXvhqrASw4hzziUasCi6rpAv8RhJN7ry OrV5aeUKVPg= =XFgz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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