Citation

If you use `a' or `A' in Summary mode, a draft for reply is prepared and Emacs is split into three windows. The top is Summary mode, the middle is Message mode, and the bottom is Draft mode.

Here are commands to cite text from Message mode to Draft mode.

`C-cC-y'

Copy and paste a part of message from Message mode WITH citation prefix and label.

1. Roughly speaking, it copies the body in Message mode. For example, if Text/Plain is displayed, the entire Message mode is copied. If Message/Rfc822 is displayed, the body without the header is copied.
2. If called with `C-u', the header is also copied if exists.
3. If an Emacs mark exists, the target is the region between the mark and the cursor.

`C-cC-t'

Copy and paste a part of message from Message mode WITHOUT citation prefix and label.

The default label and prefix is as follows:

From: SUMIKAWA Munechika <sumikawa@ebina.hitachi.co.jp>
Subject: Wine
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 11:40:50 +0900

> Hi, it's Sumikawa, the neat from good morning to good night.
>
> Talking the party of wonderful wine, I would propose Cabernet 
> Sauvignon, Bordeaux, '90. It would be great if Pinot Noir
> is blended a bit.

In Draft mode, you can cite any text displayed in Message mode("*mew message*" buffer). So, you can cite text from multiple messages easily. Select a message in Summary mode and display it in Message mode, then cite it in Draft mode. Please repeat this procedure as you like. Triple windows are prepared for this purpose.

You can use "supercite" with Mew but before you start using it, configure as follows.

(setq mew-cite-prefix-function 'mew-cite-prefix-username)

With this configuration, the citation prefix is preceded by a user name.

From: SUMIKAWA Munechika <sumikawa@ebina.hitachi.co.jp>
Subject: Wine
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 11:40:50 +0900

sumikawa> Hi, it's Sumikawa, the neat from good morning to good night.
sumikawa>
sumikawa> Talking the party of wonderful wine, I would propose Cabernet 
sumikawa> Sauvignon, Bordeaux, '89. It would be great if Pinot Noir
sumikawa> is blended a bit.

In addition to the configuration above, add the following.

(setq mew-addrbook-for-cite-label 'nickname)
(setq mew-addrbook-for-cite-prefix 'nickname)

With the first line, an address in the citation label is replaced with its nickname(See section Address Book). The second line indicates that a user name in the prefix is replaced with its nickname.

From: sumitch
Subject: Wine
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 11:40:50 +0900

sumitch> Hi, it's Sumikawa, the neat from good morning to good night.
sumitch>
sumitch> Talking the party of wonderful wine, I would propose Cabernet 
sumitch> Sauvignon, Bordeaux, '89. It would be great if Pinot Noir
sumitch> is blended a bit.

If you get the following citation style instead of up above, `mail-citation-hook' might be defined.

In article .....

To use Mew original citation style, put the following into your ".emacs".

(setq mail-citation-hook nil)