9 Editing a Draft
When you edit a message that you want to send (called a draft in
this case), the mode used is MH-Letter. This mode provides several
commands in addition to the normal Emacs editing commands to help you
edit your draft. These can also be found in the ‘Letter’ menu.
- <SPC>
- Perform completion or insert space (
mh-letter-complete-or-space).
- M-<TAB>
- Perform completion on header field or word preceding point
(
mh-letter-complete).
- , (comma)
- Flash alias expansion (
mh-letter-confirm-address).
- <TAB>
- Cycle to next field (
mh-letter-next-header-field-or-indent).
- S-<TAB>
- Cycle to the previous header field
(
mh-letter-previous-header-field).
- C-c ?
- Display cheat sheet for the MH-E commands (
mh-help).
- C-c C-c
- Save draft and send message (
mh-send-letter).
- C-c C-d
- Insert fields specified by the given identity
(
mh-insert-identity). See Identities.
- C-c C-e
- Compose mime message from MH-style directives
(
mh-mh-to-mime).
- C-c C-f C-a
- C-c C-f a
- Move to ‘Mail-Reply-To:’ header field (
mh-to-field).
- C-c C-f C-b
- C-c C-f b
- Move to ‘Bcc:’ header field (
mh-to-field).
- C-c C-f C-c
- C-c C-f c
- Move to ‘Cc:’ header field (
mh-to-field).
- C-c C-f C-d
- C-c C-f d
- Move to ‘Dcc:’ header field (
mh-to-field).
- C-c C-f C-f
- C-c C-f f
- Move to ‘Fcc:’ header field (
mh-to-fcc).
- C-c C-f C-l
- C-c C-f l
- Move to ‘Mail-Followup-To:’ header field (
mh-to-field).
- C-c C-f C-m
- C-c C-f m
- Move to ‘From:’ header field (
mh-to-field).
- C-c C-f C-r
- C-c C-f r
- Move to ‘Reply-To:’ header field (
mh-to-field).
- C-c C-f C-s
- C-c C-f s
- Move to ‘Subject:’ header field (
mh-to-field).
- C-c C-f C-t
- C-c C-f t
- Move to ‘To:’ header field (
mh-to-field).
- C-c C-i
- Insert a message (
mh-insert-letter).
- C-c C-m C-e
- Add tag to encrypt the message (
mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt).
- C-c C-m C-f
- C-c C-m f
- Add tag to forward a message (
mh-compose-forward).
- C-c C-m C-g
- C-c C-m g
- Add tag to include anonymous ftp reference to a file
(
mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp).
- C-c C-m C-i
- C-c C-m i
- Add tag to include a file such as an image or sound
(
mh-compose-insertion).
- C-c C-m C-m
- C-c C-m m
- Compose mime message from MML tags (
mh-mml-to-mime).
- C-c C-m C-n
- C-c C-m n
- Remove any secure message tags (
mh-mml-unsecure-message).
- C-c C-m C-s
- Add tag to sign the message (
mh-mml-secure-message-sign).
- C-c C-m C-t
- C-c C-m t
- Add tag to include anonymous ftp reference to a compressed tar file
(
mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar).
- C-c C-m C-u
- C-c C-m u
- Undo effects of C-c C-e (
mh-mh-to-mime-undo).
- C-c C-m C-x
- C-c C-m x
- Add tag to refer to a remote file
(
mh-mh-compose-external-type).
- C-c C-m e e
- Add tag to encrypt the message (
mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt).
- C-c C-m e s
- Add tag to encrypt and sign the message
(mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt).
- C-c C-m s e
- Add tag to encrypt and sign the message
(mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt).
- C-c C-m s s
- Add tag to sign the message (
mh-mml-secure-message-sign).
- C-c C-o
- Insert a newline and leave point before it (
mh-open-line).
- C-c C-q
- Quit editing and delete draft message (
mh-fully-kill-draft).
- C-c C-s
- Insert signature in message (
mh-insert-signature).
- C-c C-t
- Toggle display of header field at point
(
mh-letter-toggle-header-field-display).
- C-c C-w
- Verify recipients, showing expansion of any aliases
(
mh-check-whom).
- C-c C-y
- Insert the current message into the draft buffer
(
mh-yank-cur-msg).
- C-c M-d
- Insert custom fields if recipient is found in
mh-auto-fields-list (mh-insert-auto-fields).
See Identities.
Several options from the ‘mh-letter’ customization group are used
while editing a draft.
mh-compose-insertion- Type of mime message tags in messages (default: ‘MML’ if
available; otherwise ‘MH’).
mh-compose-skipped-header-fields- List of header fields to skip over when navigating in draft (default:
'("From" "Organization" "References"
"In-Reply-To" "X-Face" "Face"
"X-Image-URL" "X-Mailer").
mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag- On means <SPC> does completion in message header (default:
‘off’).
mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag- On means delete any window displaying the message (default: ‘off’).
mh-extract-from-attribution-verb- Verb to use for attribution when a message is yanked by C-c C-y
(default:
"wrote:").
mh-ins-buf-prefix- String to put before each line of a yanked or inserted message
(default:
"> ").
mh-letter-complete-function- Function to call when completing outside of address or folder fields
(default:
ispell-complete-word).
mh-letter-fill-column- Fill column to use in MH-Letter mode (default: 72).
mh-mml-method-default- Default method to use in security tags (default: ‘PGP (MIME)’ if
support for it is available; otherwise ‘None’).
mh-signature-file-name- Source of user's signature (default:
"~/.signature").
mh-signature-separator-flag- On means a signature separator should be inserted (default:
‘on’).
mh-x-face-file- File containing X-Face or Face header field to insert in outgoing mail.
(default:
"~/.face").
mh-yank-behavior- Controls which part of a message is yanked by C-c C-y (default:
‘Body With Attribution’).
The following hooks are available.
mail-citation-hook- Hook for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer
(default:
nil).
mh-before-send-letter-hook- Hook run at the beginning of the C-c C-c command (default:
‘nil’).
mh-mh-to-mime-hook- Hook run on the formatted letter by C-c C-e (default:
‘nil’).
mh-insert-signature-hook- Hook run by C-c C-s after signature has been inserted (default:
nil).
The following face is available.
mh-letter-header-field- Editable header field value face in draft buffers.
The commands and options introduced here are explained in more
detail in the following sections.