Re: .sig

Ryan Heise (rheise@nospam.socs.uts.edu.au)
Wed, 26 Mar 1997 16:42:37 +1100 (EST)


On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Matt Estela wrote:

> > Now, in your .pinerc, set your editor variable to this program and
> > set up pine to launch this editor automatically when you edit email.
>
> Well yeah, but wot if I _don't_ wanna use vim? True, I do use vim, but
> your method doesn't seem like the Right Thing to do. And damnit, I want
> sig perfection.

Ok, here is version 2 which _does_ permit you to use any external editor you
like:

#!/bin/sh

/usr/games/fortune > $HOME/.sig

vim $@nospam. # it is possible to change this line...

If you can find another trigger when a new email message is created, then
maybe you can get the crappy internal editor to work too (I know you use the
far superior vim, but I needed to let the others know).

> Besides, pipes sound natty.

Is natty good or bad?

I forgot what pipes had to do with it. How are pipes a solution? I only
remember the bit about background processes (which seems wrong to me since the
sig is randomized even while it isn't being used).

Ryan Heise rheise@nospam.socs.uts.edu.au
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