>allowing for very general purpose substitution lets the user use >almost any tool they want to do their scripting -- if mh forgets to >provide some parameter the user needs (time of day? is it a holiday? >am i on my laptop?), then they still have access to that information >via external mechanisms. limiting me to regexps in the components >file seems, well, limiting.
Well Paul, you know where the code is ... have at it, my friend! In all seriousness ... yes, I'd like that as well. But I'm limited in time and energy. If we add one function to the components that makes this workable for me, then I'm happy. This is what Lyndon & I were talking about earlier in terms of an embedded scripting language available for use in the components file. Adding one format function, I can do now. Figuring out a more general solution ... well, that's complicated, because that will involve some significant design work to make it useful enough. I'm not afraid of complicated, but I realize that for ME, "complicated" means, "probably won't get done for a year or two, if I'm lucky". But please, if you or anyone else wants to tackle this work don't let me stand in your way. --Ken _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
