<refpurpose>reformat mail drafts according to templates</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>&dhpackage;</command>
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain">
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--new</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>-n</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--editor</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>-e</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
+ </group>
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--keep-unknown</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>-k</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--debug</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>template-name</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>message-file</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>&dhpackage;</command>
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--keep-unknown</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>-k</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>--debug</option></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>template-name</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">< <replaceable>message-data</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>&dhpackage;</command>
<group>
<arg choice="plain"><option>--new</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-n</option></arg>
</group>
- <arg choice="plain">
- </arg>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">
<group>
<arg choice="plain"><option>--editor</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-e</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>--debug</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
</group>
- <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>message file</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>message-file</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>&dhpackage;</command>
<arg choice="plain"><option>--debug</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
</group>
- <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>< message data</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">< <replaceable>message data</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>&dhpackage;</command>
parts: headers, body, and signature. </para>
<para> When <option>--new</option> is given, an empty instantiation of the
- template is written to stdout. At the moment, <option>--new</option>
- cannot be combined with <option>--editor</option>.</para>
+ template is written to <filename>stdout</filename>. At the moment,
+ <option>--new</option> cannot be combined with
+ <option>--editor</option>.</para>
<para> The template can define two types of headers: mandatory and
preservatory. Mandatory headers take precedence over headers in the
<para> This script can be run in multiple ways: </para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para> As a filter, it applies a template to data from stdin
- and writes the result to stdout. </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem><para> Given a file, it modifies the file, unless it cannot
- write to the file, in which case it writes to stdout.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para> As a filter, it applies a template to data from
+ <filename>stdin</filename> and writes the result to
+ <filename>stdout</filename>. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> When <option>--editor</option> is passed, the script
spawns <command>sensible-editor</command> on the result. It may thus
be used as the editor for your mail user agent. </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para> Given a file, it modifies the file, unless it cannot
+ write to the file, in which case it writes to
+ <filename>stdout</filename>. </para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</refsect1>
<option>-v</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Write informational messages to stderr.</para>
+ <para>Write informational messages to <filename>stderr</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>MUTT INTEGRATION</title>
+
+ <para>I use mailplate as my <varname>$editor</varname> for
+ <application>mutt</application>, with the following setting in my
+ <filename>~/.mutt/muttrc</filename>:</para>
+
+ <programlisting><![CDATA[
+ set editor="~/.bin/mail/mailplate --edit --auto --keep-unknown"
+ ]]></programlisting>
+
+ <para>mailplate currently has a bit of a limitation, or at least I have
+ not figured out a way how to work around it sensibly yet. If you re-edit
+ a message from mutt’s compose menu, it causes mailplate to reprocess the
+ message, which you may not want.</para>
+
+ <para>Similarly, if you find yourself editing messages from the index or
+ pager, you probably also don’t want mailplate to get in the way. For
+ these cases, I currently use the following two keybindings:</para>
+
+ <programlisting><![CDATA[
+ macro compose e ':set my_editor="$editor"<enter>:set editor=sensible-editor<enter><edit-headers>:set editor="$my_editor"<enter>' "invoke normal editor to edit message"
+ macro index,pager e ':set my_editor="$editor"<enter>:set editor=sensible-editor<enter><edit>:set editor="$my_editor"<enter>' "invoke normal editor to edit message"
+ ]]></programlisting>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>VIM INTEGRATION</title>
+
+ <para>I am often editing a message with <application>vim</application> and
+ find that I need to use a different identity. For this purpose, I have
+ the following keybindings in my
+ <filename>~/.vim/ftplugin/mail.vim</filename>:</para>
+
+ <programlisting><![CDATA[
+ nmap <buffer> <F1> :w<CR>:%!mailplate --keep-unknown --auto<CR>
+ nmap <buffer> <C-P><F1> :w<CR>:%!mailplate --keep-unknown private<CR>
+ nmap <buffer> <C-P><F2> :w<CR>:%!mailplate --keep-unknown debian<CR>
+ ]]></programlisting>
+
+ <para>Now when I reply to a message, mailplate automatically choses the
+ right template, and if I later change my mind, I can press C-p, to
+ override the choice and select the private template, or just hit to have
+ it re-run the auto-detection.</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para>/usr/share/doc/mailplate/README</para>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <link>http://madduck.net/code/mailplate/</link>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <filename>/usr/share/doc/mailplate/README</filename>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
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