There isn't a way to reply to a message without pulling in message
headers as part of the body. This diff introduces a new tilde escape
to ignore all the message headers regardless of ignore, retain
commands.
Comments?
Index: collect.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/mail/collect.c,v
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -u -p -r1.33 collect.c
--- collect.c 6 Apr 2011 11:36:26 -0000 1.33
+++ collect.c 7 Jan 2014 13:55:28 -0000
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ cont:
case 'M':
case 'f':
case 'F':
+ case 'i':
/*
* Interpolate the named messages, if we
* are in receiving mail mode. Does the
@@ -529,7 +530,12 @@ forward(char *ms, FILE *fp, char *fn, in
tabst = NULL;
else if ((tabst = value("indentprefix")) == NULL)
tabst = "\t";
- ig = isupper(f) ? NULL : ignore;
+ if (isupper(f))
+ ig = NULL;
+ else if (f == 'i')
+ ig = ignoreall;
+ else
+ ig = ignore;
fputs("Interpolating:", stdout);
for (; *msgvec != 0; msgvec++) {
struct message *mp = message + *msgvec - 1;
Index: mail.1
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1,v
retrieving revision 1.61
diff -u -p -r1.61 mail.1
--- mail.1 18 Jul 2013 07:11:00 -0000 1.61
+++ mail.1 7 Jan 2014 13:55:29 -0000
@@ -768,6 +768,11 @@ Edit the message header fields by typing
the user to append text to the end or modify the field by using the
current terminal erase and kill characters.
.Pp
+.It Ic ~i Ns Ar messages
+Identical to
+.Ic ~m ,
+except all message headers are excluded.
+.Pp
.It Ic ~M Ns Ar messages
Identical to
.Ic ~m ,
