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23.1.50; mml-attach-file: say how to attach several files

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50; mml-attach-file: say how to attach several files
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:27:05 +0800

Both (info "(message) MIME") and the docstring of:
C-c C-a runs the command mml-attach-file,
should mention how to attach several files all at once.

e.g., one wants to attach
DSCN2764.JPG DSCN2765.JPG DSCN2766.JPG DSCN2769.JPG DSCN2771.JPG DSCN2772.JPG
all at once and not one at a time.

Or say it is not possible, and to use another MUA instead.

Message #10 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5154: 23.1.50; mml-attach-file: say how to attach several
 files
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:51:53 -0700

jidanni <at> jidanni.org wrote:
> Both (info "(message) MIME") and the docstring of:
> C-c C-a runs the command mml-attach-file,
> should mention how to attach several files all at once.

Why?  It clearly attaches a single file.

> e.g., one wants to attach
> DSCN2764.JPG DSCN2765.JPG DSCN2766.JPG DSCN2769.JPG DSCN2771.JPG DSCN2772.JPG
> all at once and not one at a time.

Then you should contribute the implementation of such a feature.

> Or say it is not possible, and to use another MUA instead.

Ridiculous.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Message #15 received at 5154 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane <at> imap.cc>
To: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ding <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#5154: 23.1.50; mml-attach-file: say how to attach several files
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:09:23 +0100

On Tue, Dec 08 2009, Kevin Rodgers wrote:

> jidanni <at> jidanni.org wrote:
>> Both (info "(message) MIME") and the docstring of:
>> C-c C-a runs the command mml-attach-file,
>> should mention how to attach several files all at once.
>
> Why?  It clearly attaches a single file.

I tend to agree that (info "(message) MIME") should tell it.  This
node is the relevant one when doing an index search for "attach" in
the message manual.

>> e.g., one wants to attach
>> DSCN2764.JPG DSCN2765.JPG [...] DSCN2771.JPG DSCN2772.JPG
>> all at once and not one at a time.
>
> Then you should contribute the implementation of such a feature.

,----[ (info "(gnus)Other modes") ]
| `C-c C-m C-a'
|      Send dired's marked files as an attachment (`gnus-dired-attach').
|      You will be prompted for a message buffer.
`----

Bye, Reiner.
-- 
       ,,,
      (o o)
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Message #20 received at 5154 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com
Cc: 5154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ding <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#5154: 23.1.50; mml-attach-file: say how to attach several files
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:26:28 +0800

RS> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Other modes") ]
RS> | `C-c C-m C-a'
RS> |      Send dired's marked files as an attachment (`gnus-dired-attach').
RS> |      You will be prompted for a message buffer.
That requires a change to one's .emacs file.
I wish one could just do 0 w in dired to snarf the full filenames, and
then some command in the message-buffer to tell them to message-mode.

Message #23 received at 5154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
Cc: 5154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ding <at> gnus.org, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5154: 23.1.50;
	mml-attach-file: say how to attach several files
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:29:29 +0200

> RS> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Other modes") ]
> RS> | `C-c C-m C-a'
> RS> |      Send dired's marked files as an attachment (`gnus-dired-attach').
> RS> |      You will be prompted for a message buffer.
> j> That requires a change to one's .emacs file.
>
> Why, to load gnus-dired?  I haven't experienced your scenario.

Not only to load gnus-dired, but also to call `turn-on-gnus-dired-mode'
on a Dired buffer to enable `C-c C-m C-a'.  This is too inconvenient.

> j> I wish one could just do 0 w in dired to snarf the full filenames, and
> j> then some command in the message-buffer to tell them to message-mode.
>
> Something like message-dired?  It certainly seems, reading gnus-dired,
> that most of it is not Gnus-specific.

If you want to create a new command `message-dired', then please also
implement a better UI, e.g. `C-c C-m C-a' in the Message buffer could
pop-up a Dired buffer where after marking files you could type `C-c C-c'
to close it and add marked files as attachments to the current Message
buffer.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/

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