Subject: how use external filter?

From: [email-masked] (Gideon Weisz)
Date: 30 Jul 1995 07:01:36 -0600

is there any way to use an external filter either from the compose
screen or with mail that has been received (without first exporting
the text)? this is relevant eg for reversing the direction of
hebrew text i just wrote backwards, or reversing the direction
of received hebrew text before printing it.
of course, it can all be done offline or outside the pine program,
but it would be very convenient to access filters from within
pine.

info about my parameters:
one of the service providers i use might have an "old-growth"
option that includes being able to use a pipe. i'm not sure,
and i don't understand what choosing an "old-growth" option
in .pinerc would do.
all the unix pine programs that i use are three point something.

thanks, gideon

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From: [email-masked] (Timothy P. Cheney)
Date: 31 Jul 1995 04:19:59 GMT

Gideon Weisz ([email-masked]) wrote:
: is there any way to use an external filter either from the compose
: screen or with mail that has been received (without first exporting
: the text)? this is relevant eg for reversing the direction of
: hebrew text i just wrote backwards, or reversing the direction
: of received hebrew text before printing it.
: of course, it can all be done offline or outside the pine program,
: but it would be very convenient to access filters from within
: pine.

: info about my parameters:
: one of the service providers i use might have an "old-growth"
: option that includes being able to use a pipe. i'm not sure,
: and i don't understand what choosing an "old-growth" option
: in .pinerc would do.
: all the unix pine programs that i use are three point something.

: thanks, gideon

The pipe command will allow you to cause a received message to be used
as standard input of a program like a filter.

For composing messages, you can use an alternate editor.  Look
for one that will allow you to define a macro that accomplishes what
you want to do.

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