Re: "r", "R"

Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith <at> globetrotter.net> wrote:

> Bill Wohler <wohler <at> newt.com> wrote:
> 
> > Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith <at> globetrotter.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Bill Wohler <wohler <at> newt.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > One implementation would be to leave r as it is, honoring the value of
> > > > mh-reply-default-reply-to and maintaining backwards compatibility. Then,
> > > > add an R command that sets mh-reply-default-reply-to to "all". You could
> > > > then set mh-reply-default-reply-to to "to" and have the behavior you
> > > > desire.
> > > 
> > > r -> always works as before
> > > R -> reply to all, but customizable
> > 
> > What sort of customization did you have in mind?
> 
> It was simply my understanding of the suggested change, but I guess it's
> the other way around? i.e.
> 
> r -> always works as before (obeys mh-reply-default-reply-to)
> R -> sets mh-reply-default-reply-to to all
> 
> 
> I think I would prefer:
> 
> r -> always works as before (obeys mh-reply-default-reply-to, which I
>       can keep to prompt me)
> R -> replies to all, but customizable using some new variable similar to
>       mh-reply-default-reply-to that would default to all.
> 
> So "r" prompts by default, and "R" replies to all by default.  Both are
> customizable (and interchangeable).  Basically, users would get two keys
> to assign two ways of replying.

Gotcha, so R would work like r, but use, say,
mh-reply-all-default-reply-to which is initialized to "all".

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