Subject: mailing a text file

From: Marta Felcini <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 16:30:03 +0200 (METDST)

Dear PINE developping team and/or expert user,
is there a way in PINE to insert a file (eg, just a simple piece of text)
while composing a message, not as an attachement, but as a text in the
message itself, which can be then modified as usual in PINE???
Probably it's a very trivial thing, but I'm am quite new with PINE use 
and I appreciate greatly your help for this little problem.
Best regards,
             Marta Felcini

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 16:21:10 +0100 (BST)

When you're composing your message/reply and have the cursor in the
Message Text area, try glancing at the command menu at the bottom of the
screen.

^G Get Help  ^X Send      ^R Read File ^Y Prev Pg   ^K Cut Text  ^O Postpone
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^
^C Cancel    ^J Justify   ^Z Alt Edit  ^V Next Pg   ^U UnCut Text^T To Spell

Cheers,

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From: Marta Felcini <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 01:40:01 +0200 (METDST)

Sorry again... I tried your suggestion but this is what I get
at the bottom of the page while composing a message:

^G Get Help  ^X Send      ^R Rich Hdr  ^Y PrvPg/Top ^K Cut Line  ^O
Postpone
^C Cancel    ^D Del Char  ^J Attach    ^V NxtPg/End ^U UnDel Line^T To
AddrBk

so none of the proposed commands can be used for including a file.
Do you understand while my ctrl R doesn't correspond to read file?

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From: Jean Schuller <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 08:44:34 +0200 (MET DST)

Hello,

When you are in "Compose" mode, you only have to use ^R to read
an external file and insert it.

Good luck with PINE.

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 11:58:40 +0100 (BST)

Pine uses "context sensitive menus" to offer commands relevant to the
thing you are currently trying to do/modify.

When composing a message ^R only means "Read File" when your cursor is
position in the Message Text area (the large area into which you type the
text of your message).

If your cursor is on any of the header fields (eg, "To:", "Cc:",
"Subject:", etc) then it is pretty meaningless to read the contents of a
file into that field.  So instead ^R is changed to mean "Rich Headers";
this shows you all the availabvle headers in place of the four you are
shown by default.

If you put the cursor somewhere in the Message Text area you will see the
command menu now offers you the "^R Read File" option.

Cheers,

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From: Leanne McKay <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 20:01:15 +1000

Hi,

Just move the cursor down until you are in the body of the message
(under ----- Message Text -----) and the commands at the bottom of
the screen will change.  Mine now show:

^G Get Help  ^X Send      ^R Read File ^Y Prev Pg   ^K Cut Text  
^O Postpone
^C Cancel    ^J Justify   ^W Where is  ^V Next Pg   ^U UnCut Text
^T To Spell

I recommend spending some time nosing around the Pine 'help' if 
you're new, 'cos you'll find out some more of what Pine can do.

Hope this helps.
Leanne.

> Do you understand while my ctrl R doesn't correspond to read file?

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From: [email-masked] (Bev)
Date: 7 Sep 1996 03:47:40 GMT

Jean Schuller ([email-masked]) wrote:
| When you are in "Compose" mode, you only have to use ^R to read
| an external file and insert it.

And you have to make sure that your cursor is NOT up in the headings -- if
it is you will get the 'Rich Header' option rather than 'Read File.'

One other thing -- Pine is not good about locating files, even if it says
it's looking in your home directory. You have to tell it the path
explicitly: 
	~/newfile		;if it's in your home directory or
	~/mail/newfile		;if it's in the 'mail' subdirectory.

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