Subject: Re: Auto-use other editor, add .sig after, etc..

From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 09:08:12 -0400

On 16 Jun 1997, Matt Ackeret wrote:

> [snip]

> Anyhow, is there any way I can make pine do the following things:

> *)  NOT ask me which external editor to use.  I have the variable EDITOR
> set, and both "enable-alternate-editor" prefs set..  So why does it ASK me
> every time what editor to use?

    Go into your configuration and turn on
enable-alternate-editor-implicitly (and check the online help).

> *) Put my .signature on *after* I send the message, and not be "in my way"
> while I'm editing the message.  (Basically, work like news posting software
> does.)

    I have never heard of this being done, unless someone else knows
better than I.  I think Pine is deliberately designed to insert the
.signature into the edit space, if you have a sig file defined at all. 
I presume you would have to hack the Pine code to achieve something
else.  (This issue, by the way, has come up in other forums, without
resolution.  I guess you would have to squawk to the Pine Development
Team to allow an option.)

> *) Not put a line between the header line ("On so-and-so-date, whoever wrote:")
> and the quoted text.

    You don't want the blank line after the header line?  It seems to
fairly common practice.  In the editor/composer you can always delete
it "by hand," I guess.  Personally, I like the blank line there.

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From: Shoeless in San Jose <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:57:44 -0700 (PDT)

[snip]

An alternative would be to name your .sig something short (for quick 
typing) like '.sig' or 'sig', then, at the bottom of your message, insert 
it manually with Ctrl-R.

Greg
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