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1 ;;; superyank.el --- smart message-yanking code for GNUS
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Barry A. Warsaw <warsaw@cme.nist.gov>
6 ;; Version: 1.1
7 ;; Adapted-By: ESR
8 ;; Keywords: news
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26 ;;; Commentary:
28 ;; Inserts the message being replied to with various user controlled
29 ;; citation styles.
32 ;; This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
33 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. No author or distributor
34 ;; accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it
35 ;; or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all,
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45 ;; and this notice must be preserved on all copies.
47 ;; NAME: Barry A. Warsaw USMAIL: National Institute of Standards
48 ;; TELE: (301) 975-3460 and Technology (formerly NBS)
49 ;; UUCP: {...}!uunet!cme-durer!warsaw Rm. B-124, Bldg. 220
50 ;; ARPA: warsaw@cme.nist.gov Gaithersburg, MD 20899
52 ;; Modification history:
54 ;; modified: 14-Jun-1989 baw (better keymap set procedure, rewrite-headers)
55 ;; modified: 12-Jun-1989 baw (added defvar for sy-use-only-preference-p)
56 ;; modified: 6-Jun-1989 baw (better sy-rewrite-headers, no kill/yank)
57 ;; modified: 5-Jun-1989 baw (requires rnewspost.el)
58 ;; modified: 1-Jun-1989 baw (persistent attribution, sy-open-line)
59 ;; modified: 31-May-1989 baw (fixed some gnus problems, id'd another)
60 ;; modified: 22-May-1989 baw (documentation)
61 ;; modified: 8-May-1989 baw (auto filling of regions)
62 ;; modified: 1-May-1989 baw (documentation)
63 ;; modified: 27-Apr-1989 baw (new preference scheme)
64 ;; modified: 24-Apr-1989 baw (remove gnus headers, attrib scheme, cite lines)
65 ;; modified: 19-Apr-1989 baw (cite key, fill p, yank region, naming scheme)
66 ;; modified: 12-Apr-1989 baw (incorp other mail yank features seen on net)
67 ;; created : 16-Feb-1989 baw (mod vanilla fn indent-rigidly mail-yank-original)
69 ;; Though I wrote this package basically from scratch, as an Emacs Lisp
70 ;; learning exercise, it was inspired by postings of similar packages to
71 ;; the gnu.emacs newsgroup over the past month or so.
73 ;; Here's a brief history of how this package developed:
75 ;; I as well as others on the net were pretty unhappy about the way emacs
76 ;; cited replies with the tab or 4 spaces. It looked ugly and made it hard
77 ;; to distinguish between original and cited lines. I hacked on the function
78 ;; yank-original to at least give the user the ability to define the citation
79 ;; character. I posted this simple hack, and others did as well. The main
80 ;; difference between mine and others was that a space was put after the
81 ;; citation string on on new citations, but not after previously cited lines:
83 ;; >> John wrote this originally
84 ;; > Jane replied to that
86 ;; Then Martin Neitzel posted some code that he developed, derived in part
87 ;; from code that Ashwin Ram posted previous to that. In Martin's
88 ;; posting, he introduced a new, and (IMHO) superior, citation style,
89 ;; eliminating nested citations. Yes, I wanted to join the Small-But-
90 ;; Growing-Help-Stamp-Out-Nested-Citation-Movement! You should too.
92 ;; But Martin's code simply asks the user for the citation string (here
93 ;; after called the `attribution' string), and I got to thinking, it wouldn't
94 ;; be that difficult to automate that part. So I started hacking this out.
95 ;; It proved to be not as simple as I first thought. But anyway here it
96 ;; is. See the wish list below for future plans (if I have time).
98 ;; Type "C-h f mail-yank-original" after this package is loaded to get a
99 ;; description of what it does and the variables that control it.
101 ;; ======================================================================
103 ;; Changes wish list
105 ;; 1) C-x C-s yanks a region from the RMAIL buffer instead of the
106 ;; whole buffer
108 ;; 2) reparse nested citations to try to recast as non-nested citations
109 ;; perhaps by checking the References: line
112 ;;; Code:
114 ;; ======================================================================
116 ;; require and provide features
118 (require 'sendmail)
120 ;; ======================================================================
122 ;; don't need rnewspost.el to rewrite the header. This only works
123 ;; with diffs to rnewspost.el that I posted with the original
124 ;; superyank code.
126 (setq news-reply-header-hook nil)
128 ;; **********************************************************************
129 ;; start of user defined variables
130 ;; **********************************************************************
132 ;; this section defines variables that control the operation of
133 ;; super-mail-yank. Most of these are described in the comment section
134 ;; as well as the DOCSTRING.
138 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
140 ;; this variable holds the default author's name for citations
142 (defvar sy-default-attribution "Anon"
143 "String that describes attribution to unknown person. This string
144 should not contain the citation string.")
147 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
149 ;; string used as an end delimiter for both nested and non-nested citations
151 (defvar sy-citation-string ">"
152 "String to use as an end-delimiter for citations. This string is
153 used in both nested and non-nested citations. For best results, use a
154 single character with no trailing space. Most commonly used string
155 is: \">\.")
158 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
160 ;; variable controlling citation type, nested or non-nested
162 (defvar sy-nested-citation-p nil
163 "Non-nil uses nested citations, nil uses non-nested citations.
164 Nested citations are of the style:
166 I wrote this
167 > He wrote this
168 >> She replied to something he wrote
170 Non-nested citations are of the style:
172 I wrote this
173 John> He wrote this
174 Jane> She originally wrote this")
178 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
180 ;; regular expression that matches existing citations
182 (defvar sy-cite-regexp "[a-zA-Z0-9]*>"
183 "Regular expression that describes how an already cited line in an
184 article begins. The regexp is only used at the beginning of a line,
185 so it doesn't need to begin with a '^'.")
188 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
190 ;; regular expression that delimits names from titles in the field that
191 ;; looks like: (John X. Doe -- Computer Hacker Extraordinaire)
193 (defvar sy-titlecue-regexp "\\s +-+\\s +"
195 "Regular expression that delineates names from titles in the name
196 field. Often, people will set up their name field to look like this:
198 (John Xavier Doe -- Computer Hacker Extraordinaire)
200 Set to nil to treat entire field as a name.")
203 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
206 (defvar sy-preferred-attribution 2
208 "This is an integer indicating what the user's preference is in
209 attribution style, based on the following key:
211 0: email address name is preferred
212 1: initials are preferred
213 2: first name is preferred
214 3: last name is preferred
216 The value of this variable may also be greater than 3, which would
217 allow you to prefer the 2nd through nth - 1 name. If the preferred
218 attribution is nil or the empty string, then the secondary preferrence
219 will be the first name. After that, the entire name alist is search
220 until a non-empty, non-nil name is found. If no such name is found,
221 then the user is either queried or the default attribution string is
222 used depending on the value of sy-confirm-always-p.
224 Examples:
226 assume the from: line looks like this:
228 from: doe@computer.some.where.com (John Xavier Doe)
230 The following preferences would return these strings:
232 0: \"doe\"
233 1: \"JXD\"
234 2: \"John\"
235 3: \"Doe\"
236 4: \"Xavier\"
238 anything else would return \"John\".")
241 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
243 (defvar sy-confirm-always-p t
244 "If t, always confirm attribution string before inserting into
245 buffer.")
249 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
251 ;; informative header hook
253 (defvar sy-rewrite-header-hook 'sy-header-on-said
254 "Hook for inserting informative header at the top of the yanked
255 message. Set to nil for no header. Here is a list of predefined
256 header styles; you can use these as a model to write you own:
258 sy-header-on-said [default]: On 14-Jun-1989 GMT,
259 John Xavier Doe said:
261 sy-header-inarticle-writes: In article <123456789> John Xavier Doe writes:
263 sy-header-regarding-writes: Regarding RE: superyank; John Xavier Doe adds:
265 sy-header-verbose: On 14-Jun-1989 GMT, John Xavier Doe
266 from the organization Great Company
267 has this to say about article <123456789>
268 in newsgroups misc.misc
269 concerning RE: superyank
270 referring to previous articles <987654321>
272 You can use the following variables as information strings in your header:
274 sy-reply-yank-date: the date field [ex: 14-Jun-1989 GMT]
275 sy-reply-yank-from: the from field [ex: John Xavier Doe]
276 sy-reply-yank-message-id: the message id [ex: <123456789>]
277 sy-reply-yank-subject: the subject line [ex: RE: superyank]
278 sy-reply-yank-newsgroup: the newsgroup name for GNUS [ex: misc.misc]
279 sy-reply-yank-references: the article references [ex: <987654321>]
280 sy-reply-yank-organization: the author's organization [ex: Great Company]
282 If a field can't be found, because it doesn't exist or is not being
283 shown, perhaps because of toggle-headers, the corresponding field
284 variable will contain the string \"mumble mumble\".")
287 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
289 ;; non-nil means downcase the author's name string
291 (defvar sy-downcase-p nil
292 "Non-nil means downcase the author's name string.")
295 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
297 ;; controls removal of leading white spaces
299 (defvar sy-left-justify-p nil
300 "If non-nil, delete all leading white space before citing.")
303 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
305 ;; controls auto filling of region
307 (defvar sy-auto-fill-region-p nil
308 "If non-nil, automatically fill each paragraph that is cited. If
309 nil, do not auto fill each paragraph.")
313 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
315 ;; controls use of preferred attribution only, or use of attribution search
316 ;; scheme if the preferred attrib can't be found.
318 (defvar sy-use-only-preference-p nil
320 "If non-nil, then only the preferred attribution string will be
321 used. If the preferred attribution string can not be found, then the
322 sy-default-attribution will be used. If nil, and the preferred
323 attribution string is not found, then some secondary scheme will be
324 employed to find a suitable attribution string.")
326 ;; **********************************************************************
327 ;; end of user defined variables
328 ;; **********************************************************************
331 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
333 ;; The new citation style means we can clean out other headers in addition
334 ;; to those previously cleaned out. Anyway, we create our own headers.
335 ;; Also, we want to clean out any headers that gnus puts in. Add to this
336 ;; for other mail or news readers you may be using.
338 (setq mail-yank-ignored-headers "^via:\\|^origin:\\|^status:\\|^re\\(mail\\|ceiv\\)ed\\|^[a-z-]*message-id:\\|^\\(summary-\\)?line[s]?:\\|^cc:\\|^subject:\\|^\\(\\(in-\\)?reply-\\)?to:\\|^\\(\\(return\\|reply\\)-\\)?path:\\|^\\(posted-\\)?date:\\|^\\(mail-\\)?from:\\|^newsgroup[s]?:\\|^organization:\\|^keywords:\\|^distribution:\\|^references:")
341 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
343 ;; global variables, not user accessable
345 (setq sy-persist-attribution (concat sy-default-attribution "> "))
346 (setq sy-reply-yank-date "")
347 (setq sy-reply-yank-from "")
348 (setq sy-reply-yank-message-id "")
349 (setq sy-reply-yank-subject "")
350 (setq sy-reply-yank-newsgroups "")
351 (setq sy-reply-yank-references "")
352 (setq sy-reply-yank-organization "")
355 ;; ======================================================================
357 ;; This section contains primitive functions used in the schemes. They
358 ;; extract name fields from various parts of the "from:" field based on
359 ;; the control variables described above.
361 ;; Some will use recursion to pick out the correct namefield in the namestring
362 ;; or the list of initials. These functions all scan a string that contains
363 ;; the name, ie: "John Xavier Doe". There is no limit on the number of names
364 ;; in the string. Also note that all white spaces are basically ignored and
365 ;; are stripped from the returned strings, and titles are ignored if
366 ;; sy-titlecue-regexp is set to non-nil.
368 ;; Others will use methods to try to extract the name from the email
369 ;; address of the originator. The types of addresses readable are
370 ;; described above.
373 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
375 ;; try to extract the name from an email address of the form
376 ;; name%[stuff]
378 ;; Unlike the get-name functions above, these functions operate on the
379 ;; buffer instead of a supplied name-string.
381 (defun sy-%-style-address ()
382 (beginning-of-line)
383 (buffer-substring
384 (progn (re-search-forward "%" (point-max) t)
385 (if (not (bolp)) (forward-char -1))
386 (point))
387 (progn (re-search-backward "^\\|[^a-zA-Z0-9]")
388 (point))))
391 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
393 ;; try to extract names from addresses with the form:
394 ;; [stuff]name@[stuff]
396 (defun sy-@-style-address ()
397 (beginning-of-line)
398 (buffer-substring
399 (progn (re-search-forward "@" (point-max) t)
400 (if (not (bolp)) (forward-char -1))
401 (point))
402 (progn (re-search-backward "^\\|[^a-zA-Z0-0]")
403 (if (not (bolp)) (forward-char 1))
404 (point))))
407 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
409 ;; try to extract the name from addresses with the form:
410 ;; [stuff]![stuff]...!name[stuff]
412 (defun sy-!-style-address ()
413 (beginning-of-line)
414 (buffer-substring
415 (progn (while (re-search-forward "!" (point-max) t))
416 (point))
417 (progn (re-search-forward "[^a-zA-Z0-9]\\|$")
418 (if (not (eolp)) (forward-char -1))
419 (point))))
422 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
424 ;; using the different email name schemes, try each one until you get a
425 ;; non-nil entry
427 (defun sy-get-emailname ()
428 (let ((en1 (sy-%-style-address))
429 (en2 (sy-@-style-address))
430 (en3 (sy-!-style-address)))
431 (cond
432 ((not (string-equal en1 "")) en1)
433 ((not (string-equal en2 "")) en2)
434 ((not (string-equal en3 "")) en3)
435 (t ""))))
438 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
440 ;; returns the "car" of the namestring, really the first namefield
442 ;; (sy-string-car "John Xavier Doe")
443 ;; => "John"
445 (defun sy-string-car (namestring)
446 (substring namestring
447 (progn (string-match "\\s *" namestring) (match-end 0))
448 (progn (string-match "\\s *\\S +" namestring) (match-end 0))))
451 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
453 ;; returns the "cdr" of the namestring, really the whole string from
454 ;; after the first name field to the end of the string.
456 ;; (sy-string-cdr "John Xavier Doe")
457 ;; => "Xavier Doe"
459 (defun sy-string-cdr (namestring)
460 (substring namestring
461 (progn (string-match "\\s *\\S +\\s *" namestring)
462 (match-end 0))))
465 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
467 ;; convert a namestring to a list of namefields
469 ;; (sy-namestring-to-list "John Xavier Doe")
470 ;; => ("John" "Xavier" "Doe")
472 (defun sy-namestring-to-list (namestring)
473 (if (not (string-match namestring ""))
474 (append (list (sy-string-car namestring))
475 (sy-namestring-to-list (sy-string-cdr namestring)))))
478 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
480 ;; strip the initials from each item in the list and return a string
481 ;; that is the concatenation of the initials
483 (defun sy-strip-initials (raw-nlist)
484 (if (not raw-nlist)
486 (concat (substring (car raw-nlist) 0 1)
487 (sy-strip-initials (cdr raw-nlist)))))
491 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
493 ;; using the namestring, build a list which is in the following order
495 ;; (email, initials, firstname, lastname, name1, name2, name3 ... nameN-1)
497 (defun sy-build-ordered-namelist (namestring)
498 (let* ((raw-nlist (sy-namestring-to-list namestring))
499 (initials (sy-strip-initials raw-nlist))
500 (firstname (car raw-nlist))
501 (revnames (reverse (cdr raw-nlist)))
502 (lastname (car revnames))
503 (midnames (reverse (cdr revnames)))
504 (emailnames (sy-get-emailname)))
505 (append (list emailnames)
506 (list initials)
507 (list firstname)
508 (list lastname)
509 midnames)))
512 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
514 ;; Query the user for the attribution string. Supply sy-default-attribution
515 ;; as the default choice.
517 (defun sy-query-for-attribution ()
518 (concat
519 (let* ((prompt (concat "Enter attribution string: (default "
520 sy-default-attribution
521 ") "))
522 (query (read-input prompt))
523 (attribution (if (string-equal query "")
524 sy-default-attribution
525 query)))
526 (if sy-downcase-p
527 (downcase attribution)
528 attribution))
529 sy-citation-string))
533 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
535 ;; parse the current line for the namestring
537 (defun sy-get-namestring ()
538 (save-restriction
539 (beginning-of-line)
540 (if (re-search-forward "(.*)" (point-max) t)
541 (let ((start (progn
542 (beginning-of-line)
543 (re-search-forward "\\((\\s *\\)\\|$" (point-max) t)
544 (point)))
545 (end (progn
546 (re-search-forward
547 (concat "\\(\\s *\\()\\|" sy-titlecue-regexp "\\)\\)\\|$")
548 (point-max) t)
549 (point))))
550 (narrow-to-region start end)
551 (let ((start (progn
552 (beginning-of-line)
553 (point)))
554 (end (progn
555 (end-of-line)
556 (re-search-backward
557 (concat "\\s *\\()\\|" sy-titlecue-regexp "\\)$")
558 (point-min) t)
559 (point))))
560 (buffer-substring start end)))
561 (let ((start (progn
562 (beginning-of-line)
563 (re-search-forward "^\"*")
564 (point)))
565 (end (progn
566 (re-search-forward "\\(\\s *[a-zA-Z0-9\\.]+\\)*"
567 (point-max) t)
568 (point))))
569 (buffer-substring start end)))))
573 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
575 ;; scan the nlist and return the integer pointing to the first legal
576 ;; non-empty namestring. Returns the integer pointing to the index
577 ;; in the nlist of the preferred namestring, or nil if no legal
578 ;; non-empty namestring could be found.
580 (defun sy-return-preference-n (nlist)
581 (let ((p sy-preferred-attribution)
582 (exception nil))
584 ;; check to be sure the index is not out-of-bounds
586 (cond
587 ((< p 0) (setq p 2) (setq exception t))
588 ((not (nth p nlist)) (setq p 2) (setq exception t)))
590 ;; check to be sure that the explicit preference is not empty
592 (if (string-equal (nth p nlist) "")
593 (progn (setq p 0)
594 (setq exception t)))
596 ;; find the first non-empty namestring
598 (while (and (nth p nlist)
599 (string-equal (nth p nlist) ""))
600 (setq exception t)
601 (setq p (+ p 1)))
603 ;; return the preference index if non-nil, otherwise nil
605 (if (or (and exception sy-use-only-preference-p)
606 (not (nth p nlist)))
608 p)))
612 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
614 ;; rebuild the nlist into an alist for completing-read. Use as a guide
615 ;; the index of the preferred name field. Get the actual preferred
616 ;; name field base on other factors (see above). If no actual preferred
617 ;; name field is found, then query the user for the attribution string.
619 ;; also note that the nlist is guaranteed to be non-empty. At the very
620 ;; least it will consist of 4 empty strings ("" "" "" "")
622 (defun sy-nlist-to-alist (nlist)
623 (let ((preference (sy-return-preference-n nlist))
624 alist
625 (n 0))
627 ;; check to be sure preference is not nil
629 (if (not preference)
630 (setq alist (list (cons (sy-query-for-attribution) nil)))
632 ;; preference is non-nil
634 (setq alist (list (cons (nth preference nlist) nil)))
635 (while (nth n nlist)
636 (if (= n preference) nil
637 (setq alist (append alist (list (cons (nth n nlist) nil)))))
638 (setq n (+ n 1))))
639 alist))
644 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
646 ;; confirm if desired after the alist has been built
648 (defun sy-get-attribution (alist)
649 (concat
651 ;; check to see if nested citations are to be used
653 (if sy-nested-citation-p
656 ;; check to see if confirmation is needed
657 ;; if not, just return the preference (first element in alist)
659 (if (not sy-confirm-always-p)
660 (car (car alist))
662 ;; confirmation is requested so build the prompt, confirm
663 ;; and return the chosen string
665 (let* (ignore
666 (prompt (concat "Complete attribution string: (default "
667 (car (car alist))
668 ") "))
670 ;; set up the local completion keymap
672 (minibuffer-local-must-match-map
673 (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
674 (define-key map "?" 'minibuffer-completion-help)
675 (define-key map " " 'minibuffer-complete-word)
676 (define-key map "\t" 'minibuffer-complete)
677 (define-key map "\00A" 'exit-minibuffer)
678 (define-key map "\00D" 'exit-minibuffer)
679 (define-key map "\007"
680 '(lambda ()
681 (interactive)
682 (beep)
683 (exit-minibuffer)))
684 map))
686 ;; read the completion
688 (attribution (completing-read prompt alist))
690 ;; check attribution string for emptyness
692 (choice (if (or (not attribution)
693 (string-equal attribution ""))
694 (car (car alist))
695 attribution)))
697 (if sy-downcase-p
698 (downcase choice)
699 choice))))
700 sy-citation-string))
704 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
706 ;; this function will scan the current rmail buffer, narrowing it to the
707 ;; from: line, then using this, it will try to decipher some names from
708 ;; that line. It will then build the name alist and try to confirm
709 ;; its choice of attribution strings. It returns the chosen attribution
710 ;; string.
712 (defun sy-scan-rmail-for-names (rmailbuffer)
713 (save-excursion
714 (let ((case-fold-search t)
715 alist
716 attribution)
717 (switch-to-buffer rmailbuffer)
718 (goto-char (point-min))
720 ;; be sure there is a from: line
722 (if (not (re-search-forward "^from:\\s *" (point-max) t))
723 (setq attribution (sy-query-for-attribution))
725 ;; if there is a from: line, then scan the narrow the buffer,
726 ;; grab the namestring, and build the alist, then using this
727 ;; get the attribution string.
729 (save-restriction
730 (narrow-to-region (point)
731 (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
732 (let* ((namestring (sy-get-namestring))
733 (nlist (sy-build-ordered-namelist namestring)))
734 (setq alist (sy-nlist-to-alist nlist))))
736 ;; we've built the alist, now confirm the attribution choice
737 ;; if appropriate
739 (setq attribution (sy-get-attribution alist)))
740 attribution)))
744 ;; ======================================================================
746 ;; the following function insert of citations, writing of headers, filling
747 ;; paragraphs and general higher level operations
751 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
753 ;; insert a nested citation
755 (defun sy-insert-citation (start end cite-string)
756 (save-excursion
757 (goto-char end)
758 (setq end (point-marker))
759 (goto-char start)
760 (or (bolp)
761 (forward-line 1))
763 (let ((fill-prefix (concat cite-string " "))
764 (fstart (point))
765 (fend (point)))
767 (while (< (point) end)
769 ;; remove leading tabs if desired
771 (if sy-left-justify-p
772 (delete-region (point)
773 (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t") (point))))
775 ;; check to see if the current line should be cited
777 (if (or (eolp)
778 (looking-at sy-cite-regexp))
780 ;; do not cite this line unless nested-citations are to be
781 ;; used
783 (progn
784 (or (eolp)
785 (if sy-nested-citation-p
786 (insert cite-string)))
788 ;; set fill start and end points
790 (or (= fstart fend)
791 (not sy-auto-fill-region-p)
792 (progn (goto-char fend)
793 (or (not (eolp))
794 (setq fend (+ fend 1)))
795 (fill-region-as-paragraph fstart fend)))
796 (setq fstart (point))
797 (setq fend (point)))
799 ;; else
801 (insert fill-prefix)
802 (end-of-line)
803 (setq fend (point)))
805 (forward-line 1)))
806 (move-marker end nil)))
809 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
811 ;; yank a particular field into a holding variable
813 (defun sy-yank-fields (start)
814 (save-excursion
815 (goto-char start)
816 (setq sy-reply-yank-date (mail-fetch-field "date")
817 sy-reply-yank-from (mail-fetch-field "from")
818 sy-reply-yank-subject (mail-fetch-field "subject")
819 sy-reply-yank-newsgroups (mail-fetch-field "newsgroups")
820 sy-reply-yank-references (mail-fetch-field "references")
821 sy-reply-yank-message-id (mail-fetch-field "message-id")
822 sy-reply-yank-organization (mail-fetch-field "organization"))
823 (or sy-reply-yank-date
824 (setq sy-reply-yank-date "mumble mumble"))
825 (or sy-reply-yank-from
826 (setq sy-reply-yank-from "mumble mumble"))
827 (or sy-reply-yank-subject
828 (setq sy-reply-yank-subject "mumble mumble"))
829 (or sy-reply-yank-newsgroups
830 (setq sy-reply-yank-newsgroups "mumble mumble"))
831 (or sy-reply-yank-references
832 (setq sy-reply-yank-references "mumble mumble"))
833 (or sy-reply-yank-message-id
834 (setq sy-reply-yank-message-id "mumble mumble"))
835 (or sy-reply-yank-organization
836 (setq sy-reply-yank-organization "mumble mumble"))))
839 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
841 ;; rewrite the header to be more conversational
843 (defun sy-rewrite-headers (start)
844 (goto-char start)
845 (run-hooks 'sy-rewrite-header-hook))
848 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
850 ;; some different styles of headers
852 (defun sy-header-on-said ()
853 (insert-string "\nOn " sy-reply-yank-date ",\n"
854 sy-reply-yank-from " said:\n"))
856 (defun sy-header-inarticle-writes ()
857 (insert-string "\nIn article " sy-reply-yank-message-id
858 " " sy-reply-yank-from " writes:\n"))
860 (defun sy-header-regarding-writes ()
861 (insert-string "\nRegarding " sy-reply-yank-subject
862 "; " sy-reply-yank-from " adds:\n"))
864 (defun sy-header-verbose ()
865 (insert-string "\nOn " sy-reply-yank-date ",\n"
866 sy-reply-yank-from "\nfrom the organization "
867 sy-reply-yank-organization "\nhad this to say about article "
868 sy-reply-yank-message-id "\nin newsgroups "
869 sy-reply-yank-newsgroups "\nconcerning "
870 sy-reply-yank-subject "\nreferring to previous articles "
871 sy-reply-yank-references "\n"))
874 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
876 ;; yank the original article in and attribute
878 (defun sy-yank-original (arg)
880 "Insert the message being replied to, if any (in rmail/gnus). Puts
881 point before the text and mark after. Calls generalized citation
882 function sy-insert-citation to cite all allowable lines."
884 (interactive "P")
885 (if mail-reply-buffer
886 (let* ((sy-confirm-always-p (if (consp arg)
888 sy-confirm-always-p))
889 (attribution (sy-scan-rmail-for-names mail-reply-buffer))
890 (top (point))
891 (start (point))
892 (end (progn (delete-windows-on mail-reply-buffer)
893 (insert-buffer mail-reply-buffer)
894 (mark))))
896 (sy-yank-fields start)
897 (sy-rewrite-headers start)
898 (setq start (point))
899 (mail-yank-clear-headers top (mark))
900 (setq sy-persist-attribution (concat attribution " "))
901 (sy-insert-citation start end attribution))
903 (goto-char top)
904 (exchange-point-and-mark)))
908 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
910 ;; this is here for compatibility with existing mail/news yankers
911 ;; overloads the default mail-yank-original
913 (defun mail-yank-original (arg)
915 "Yank original message buffer into the reply buffer, citing as per
916 user preferences. Numeric Argument forces confirmation.
918 Here is a description of the superyank.el package, what it does and
919 what variables control its operation. This was written by Barry
920 Warsaw (warsaw@cme.nist.gov, {...}!uunet!cme-durer!warsaw).
922 A 'Citation' is the acknowledgement of the original author of a mail
923 message. There are two general forms of citation. In 'nested
924 citations', indication is made that the cited line was written by
925 someone *other* that the current message author (or by that author at
926 an earlier time). No indication is made as to the identity of the
927 original author. Thus, a nested citation after multiple replies would
928 look like this (this is after my reply to a previous message):
930 >>John originally wrote this
931 >>and this as well
932 > Jane said that John didn't know
933 > what he was talking about
934 And that's what I think as well.
936 In non-nested citations, you won't see multiple \">\" characters at
937 the beginning of the line. Non-nested citations will insert an
938 informative string at the beginning of a cited line, attributing that
939 line to an author. The same message described above might look like
940 this if non-nested citations were used:
942 John> John originally wrote this
943 John> and this as well
944 Jane> Jane said that John didn't know
945 Jane> what he was talking about
946 And that's what I think as well.
948 Notice that my inclusion of Jane's inclusion of John's original
949 message did not result in a cited line of the form: Jane>John>. Thus
950 no nested citations. The style of citation is controlled by the
951 variable `sy-nested-citation-p'. Nil uses non-nested citations and
952 non-nil uses old style, nested citations.
954 The variable `sy-citation-string' is the string to use as a marker for
955 a citation, either nested or non-nested. For best results, this
956 string should be a single character with no trailing space and is
957 typically the character \">\". In non-nested citations this string is
958 appended to the attribution string (author's name), along with a
959 trailing space. In nested citations, a trailing space is only added
960 to a first level citation.
962 Another important variable is `sy-cite-regexp' which describes strings
963 that indicate a previously cited line. This regular expression is
964 always used at the beginning of a line so it doesn't need to begin
965 with a \"^\" character. Change this variable if you change
966 `sy-citation-string'.
968 The following section only applies to non-nested citations.
970 This package has a fair amount of intellegence related to deciphering
971 the author's name based on information provided by the original
972 message buffer. In normal operation, the program will pick out the
973 author's first and last names, initials, terminal email address and
974 any other names it can find. It will then pick an attribution string
975 from this list based on a user defined preference and it will ask for
976 confirmation if the user specifies. This package gathers its
977 information from the `From:' line of the original message buffer. It
978 recognizes From: lines with the following forms:
980 From: John Xavier Doe <doe@speedy.computer.com>
981 From: \"John Xavier Doe\" <doe@speedy.computer.com>
982 From: doe@speedy.computer.com (John Xavier Doe)
983 From: computer!speedy!doe (John Xavier Doe)
984 From: computer!speedy!doe (John Xavier Doe)
985 From: doe%speedy@computer.com (John Xavier Doe)
987 In this case, if confirmation is requested, the following strings will
988 be made available for completion and confirmation:
990 \"John\"
991 \"Xavier\"
992 \"Doe\"
993 \"JXD\"
994 \"doe\"
996 Note that completion is case sensitive. If there was a problem
997 picking out a From: line, or any other problem getting even a single
998 name, then the user will be queried for an attribution string. The
999 default attribution string is set in the variable
1000 `sy-default-attribution'.
1002 Sometimes people set their name fields so that it also includes a
1003 title of the form:
1005 From: doe@speedy.computer.com (John Doe -- Hacker Extraordinaire)
1007 To avoid the inclusion of the string \"-- Hacker Extraordinaire\" in
1008 the name list, the variable `sy-titlecue-regexp' is provided. Its
1009 default setting will still properly recognize names of the form:
1011 From: xdoe@speedy.computer.com (John Xavier-Doe -- Crazed Hacker)
1013 The variable `sy-preferred-attribution' contains an integer that
1014 indicates which name field the user prefers to use as the attribution
1015 string, based on the following key:
1017 0: email address name is preferred
1018 1: initials are preferred
1019 2: first name is preferred
1020 3: last name is preferred
1022 The value can be greater than 3, in which case, you would be
1023 preferring the 2nd throught nth -1 name. In any case, if the
1024 preferred name can't be found, then one of two actions will be taken
1025 depending on the value of the variable `sy-use-only-preference-p'. If
1026 this is non-nil, then the `sy-default-attribution will be used. If it
1027 is nil, then a secondary scheme will be employed to find a suitable
1028 attribution scheme. First, the author's first name will be used. If
1029 that can't be found than the name list is searched for the first
1030 non-nil, non-empty name string. If still no name can be found, then
1031 the user is either queried, or the `sy-default-attribution' is used,
1032 depending on the value of `sy-confirm-always-p'.
1034 If the variable `sy-confirm-always-p' is non-nil, superyank will always
1035 confirm the attribution string with the user before inserting it into
1036 the reply buffer. Confirmation is with completion, but the completion
1037 list is merely a suggestion; the user can override the list by typing
1038 in a string of their choice.
1040 The variable `sy-rewrite-header-hook' is a hook that contains a lambda
1041 expression which rewrites the informative header at the top of the
1042 yanked message. Set to nil to avoid writing any header.
1044 You can make superyank autofill each paragraph it cites by setting the
1045 variable `sy-auto-fill-region-p' to non-nil. Or set the variable to nil
1046 and fill the paragraphs manually with sy-fill-paragraph-manually (see
1047 below).
1049 Finally, `sy-downcase-p' if non-nil, indicates that you always want to
1050 downcase the attribution string before insertion, and
1051 `sy-left-justify-p', if non-nil, indicates that you want to delete all
1052 leading white space before citing.
1054 Since the almost all yanking in other modes (RMAIL, GNUS) is done
1055 through the function `mail-yank-original', and since superyank
1056 overloads this function, cited yanking is automatically bound to the
1057 C-c C-y key. There are three other smaller functions that are
1058 provided with superyank and they are bound as below. Try C-h f on
1059 each function to get more information on these functions.
1061 Key Bindings:
1063 C-c C-y mail-yank-original (superyank's version)
1064 C-c q sy-fill-paragraph-manually
1065 C-c C-q sy-fill-paragraph-manually
1066 C-c i sy-insert-persist-attribution
1067 C-c C-i sy-insert-persist-attribution
1068 C-c C-o sy-open-line
1071 Summary of variables, with their default values:
1073 sy-default-attribution (default: \"Anon\")
1074 Attribution to use if no attribution string can be deciphered
1075 from the original message buffer.
1077 sy-citation-string (default: \">\")
1078 String to append to the attribution string for citation, for
1079 best results, it should be one character with no trailing space.
1081 sy-nested-citation-p (default: nil)
1082 Nil means use non-nested citations, non-nil means use old style
1083 nested citations.
1085 sy-cite-regexp (default: \"[a-zA-Z0-9]*>\")
1086 Regular expression that matches the beginning of a previously
1087 cited line. Always used at the beginning of a line so it does
1088 not need to start with a \"^\" character.
1090 sy-titlecue-regexp (default: \"\\s +-+\\s +\")
1091 Regular expression that matches a title delimiter in the name
1092 field.
1094 sy-preferred-attribution (default: 2)
1095 Integer indicating user's preferred attribution field.
1097 sy-confirm-always-p (default: t)
1098 Non-nil says always confirm with completion before inserting
1099 attribution.
1101 sy-rewrite-header-hook (default: 'sy-header-on-said)
1102 Hook for inserting informative header at the top of the yanked
1103 message.
1105 sy-downcase-p (default: nil)
1106 Non-nil says downcase the attribution string before insertion.
1108 sy-left-justify-p (default: nil)
1109 Non-nil says delete leading white space before citing.
1111 sy-auto-fill-region-p (default: nil)
1112 Non-nil says don't auto fill the region. T says auto fill the
1113 paragraph.
1115 sy-use-only-preference-p (default: nil)
1116 If nil, use backup scheme when preferred attribution string
1117 can't be found. If non-nil and preferred attribution string
1118 can't be found, then use sy-default-attribution."
1120 (interactive "P")
1122 (local-set-key "\C-cq" 'sy-fill-paragraph-manually)
1123 (local-set-key "\C-c\C-q" 'sy-fill-paragraph-manually)
1124 (local-set-key "\C-c\i" 'sy-insert-persist-attribution)
1125 (local-set-key "\C-c\C-i" 'sy-insert-persist-attribution)
1126 (local-set-key "\C-c\C-o" 'sy-open-line)
1128 (sy-yank-original arg))
1132 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1134 ;; based on Bruce Israel's "fill-paragraph-properly", and modified from
1135 ;; code posted by David C. Lawrence. Modified to use the persistant
1136 ;; attribution if none could be found from the paragraph.
1138 (defun sy-fill-paragraph-manually (arg)
1139 "Fill paragraph containing or following point.
1140 This automatically finds the sy-cite-regexp and uses it as the prefix.
1141 If the sy-cite-regexp is not in the first line of the paragraph, it
1142 makes a guess at what the fill-prefix for the paragraph should be by
1143 looking at the first line and taking anything up to the first
1144 alphanumeric character.
1146 Prefix arg means justify both sides of paragraph as well.
1148 This function just does fill-paragraph if the fill-prefix is set. If
1149 what it deduces to be the paragraph prefix (based on the first line)
1150 does not precede each line in the region, then the persistant
1151 attribution is used. The persistant attribution is just the last
1152 attribution string used to cite lines."
1154 (interactive "P")
1155 (save-excursion
1156 (forward-paragraph)
1157 (or (bolp)
1158 (newline 1))
1160 (let ((end (point))
1162 (fill-prefix fill-prefix))
1163 (backward-paragraph)
1164 (if (looking-at "\n")
1165 (forward-char 1))
1166 (setq st (point))
1167 (if fill-prefix
1169 (untabify st end) ;; die, scurvy tabs!
1171 ;; untabify might have made the paragraph longer character-wise,
1172 ;; make sure end reflects the correct location of eop.
1174 (forward-paragraph)
1175 (setq end (point))
1176 (goto-char st)
1177 (if (looking-at sy-cite-regexp)
1178 (setq fill-prefix (concat
1179 (buffer-substring
1180 st (progn (re-search-forward sy-cite-regexp)
1181 (point)))
1182 " "))
1184 ;; this regexp is is convenient because paragraphs quoted by simple
1185 ;; indentation must still yield to us <evil laugh>
1187 (while (looking-at "[^a-zA-Z0-9]")
1188 (forward-char 1))
1189 (setq fill-prefix (buffer-substring st (point))))
1190 (next-line 1) (beginning-of-line)
1191 (while (and (< (point) end)
1192 (not (string-equal fill-prefix "")))
1194 ;; if what we decided was the fill-prefix does not precede all
1195 ;; of the lines in the paragraph, we probably goofed. In this
1196 ;; case set it to the persistant attribution.
1198 (if (looking-at (regexp-quote fill-prefix))
1200 (setq fill-prefix sy-persist-attribution))
1201 (next-line 1)
1202 (beginning-of-line)))
1203 (fill-region-as-paragraph st end arg))))
1206 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1208 ;; insert the persistant attribution at point
1210 (defun sy-insert-persist-attribution ()
1211 "Insert the persistant attribution.
1212 This inserts the peristant attribution at the beginning of the line that
1213 point is on. This string is the last attribution confirmed and used
1214 in the yanked reply buffer."
1215 (interactive)
1216 (save-excursion
1217 (beginning-of-line)
1218 (insert-string sy-persist-attribution)))
1222 ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1224 ;; open a line putting the attribution at the beginning
1226 (defun sy-open-line (arg)
1227 "Insert a newline and leave point before it.
1228 Also inserts the persistant attribution at the beginning of the line.
1229 With argument, inserts ARG newlines."
1230 (interactive "p")
1231 (save-excursion
1232 (let ((start (point)))
1233 (open-line arg)
1234 (goto-char start)
1235 (forward-line)
1236 (while (< 0 arg)
1237 (sy-insert-persist-attribution)
1238 (forward-line 1)
1239 (setq arg (- arg 1))))))
1241 (provide 'superyank)
1243 ;;; superyank.el ends here