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From: bd@hpsemc.HP.COM (bob desinger)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: replies
Message-ID: <960006@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Jun 88 21:29:53 GMT
References: <3625@okstate.UUCP>
Organization: HP Technology Access Center, Cupertino, CA
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GOOG ?? (goog@a.cs.okstate.edu) writes:
> I was just wondering if there was some way to get one of those neat little
> '>' signs at the beginning of the line of a message that you reply to.

With this set up below, I just type `reply' (instead of `repl') and it
puts me in the editor with the old message all bracketed nicely.

1.  Make a symbolic link from `repl' to `reply'.

	cd /usr/local/bin/mh	# or wherever you keep your MH programs
	ln -s repl reply

If you don't have symbolic links, use a hard link:

	ln repl reply

2.  Now add the line to your .mh_profile:

	reply: -nocc me -anno -inplace -filter mhl.reply -editor vi

I actually use an editor setting of `emacs', but if you were using
Gnu Emacs like me you wouldn't be asking this question.  (I don't
use `reply' per se any more; Gnu Emacs has one built in.)

3.  In your MH Path directory (probably $HOME/Mail), put this file
there and call it "mhl.reply".  Remember to strip off the leading tab.
It too is just one line:

	body:component="> ",offset=0,compwidth=0

I think John Romine came up with this a long time ago.

-- bd