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- From: desmedt@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl
- Subject: Re: search and insert e-mail address
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.165548.1@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl>
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- References: <1992Jul22.112549.1@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl> <LMS.92Jul22132401@rle-vlsi.mit.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 16:55:48 +0100
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- In article <LMS.92Jul22132401@rle-vlsi.mit.edu>, lms@rle-vlsi.mit.edu (Luis Miguel Silveira) writes:
- >
- >
- > In article <1992Jul22.112549.1@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl>
- > desmedt@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl writes:
- >
- > I have written a small package to search an e-mail address and insert
- > it into a mail buffer.
- >
- > It works in a simple but effective way. You write the name to be
- > looked for in the To: field, then press C-C C-A, and a menu buffer
- > will appear with all addresses that match the name. You can move
- > through the menu buffer and select one, which then replaces what was
- > the To: field.
- >
- > This package presupposes the existence of a data file that has, on
- > each line, a name, followed by one or more tabs, followed by an e-mail
- > address.
- >
- >
- > [code deleted]
- >
- > I fail to see why one would need a new package for this. Isn't the
- > data file you mention merely doing the job which is already done by
- > the .mailrc file ? And doesn't for instance the mail-abbrevs package
- > (by Jamie Zawinsky) do what you are offering (perhaps without the
- > option of choosing between the matched address on a separate buffer).
- >
- > Please do not get me wrong. I do not mean to be disrespectful of your
- > work, merely suggesting that it would be more interesting if you would
- > make it compatible with already existing and widely used packages
- >
- > Just my 2c.
- >
- > -Miguel
- >
- > --
- > =============================================================================
- > Luis Miguel Silveira e-mail : lms@rle-vlsi.mit.edu
-
- My package is different from what .mailrc offers in at least two respects:
-
- 1. you can search for arbitrary strings in the names as well as the addresses.
- 2. you avoid having to load a huge .mailrc file if you have a lot of addresses.
-
- I don't know the mail-abbrevs package [yet] though.
-
- - Koenraad de Smedt
-
-