ralph wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> > > > +1. The `Forward' header is grabbing another one for nmh's use,
> > > > in addition to the existing `Attach'. Should we be using
> > > > `Nmh-Forward' if the user isn't likely to have the hassle of
> > > > typing them most of the time?
> > >
> > > Sigh. I think when we hashed this out last time, the (rough)
> > > consensus was that not puttting in a "Nmh-" prefix was fine. Attach
> > > had prior art (I think mutt used it), and Forward seems to be
> > > similarly named.
> >
> > i vote for presenting the user with a user-friendly component name.
> > if conflict is an issue, could we make the names of these "special"
> > headers tuneable via a profile entry?
>
> Isn't that just another level of code, documentation, and grokking by
> the user when Nmh-Forward would just sit there, be spotted and
> understood by the user, and typically left alone. Either the message
well, speaking "typically", this would also apply to "Forward".
adding the "Nmh-" prefix would create the very first such header. as i
understand it, we already have 4 nmh-specific headers: Resent,
Forwarded, Replied, and Attach. i don't see much value in creating a
unique prefix for the fifth.
> numbers might be edited, or the whole line deleted. I actually think
> it's an advantage to see that this is a Nmh header and not one that may
> have general purpose interpretation.
thinking about this further, i think i might rather teach Attach about
mh message numbers and sequences than add a new Forward header.
Attach is already examining its file arguments to decide how to a
attach any given file -- teaching it recognize message specifiers
isn't a big stretch. this would clearly lead to these two
invocations having different results:
Attach: cur
Attach: ./cur
but i think i'd be okay with that.
paul
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