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Re: Emacs-lisp function for block-quoting (mail-style)?
From: |
Jesper Harder |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs-lisp function for block-quoting (mail-style)? |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:46:54 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090016 (Oort Gnus v0.16) Emacs/21.3.50 |
baard.kopperud@bigfoot.com (Baard Ove Kopperud) writes:
> I was wondering if there is an emacs-lisp function
> for block-quoting a region and/or paragraph(s) of
> text in "mail-style"
>
> Idealy, it should re-break the lines if necessary
> to fit the specified coulmn-width
One way to do it is by setting the fill prefix, `C-x .', see "The Fill
Prefix" section in the Emacs manual.
> It ought to be possible to specify a file-name and
> have the file's contens pasted into the current
> buffer quoted. This could perhaps be a seperate
> fuction that just used the actual quoting-function.
Look for 'boxquote.el' which has this and similar functions. It uses
this style by default:
,----[ test.txt ]
| Foo bar
|
`----
But the style can be customized.