tech-pkg: Re: script for creating cvs commands from messages to

Subject: Re: script for creating cvs commands from messages to
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: None <sen_ml@eccosys.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 11/10/2001 13:40:26

I've modified my script with the intention of it working with multiple
messages so that it isn't necessary to execute the piping command as
many times as there are messages.
Mutt:
 The idea is that a user can tag multiple messages and invoke
 "|" to send all the messages to this script at once. Note
 the documentation for pipe_split and pipe_sep variables in the Mutt
 manual.
 N.B. I haven't really tested this capability with Mutt yet. I'm
 also in the process of trying to find out why Mutt adds pipe_sep
 after each message even when pipe_split is set (it seems unnecessary
 to me). I'm waiting for an answer on mutt-dev, but if anyone here
 knows the reason for the current Mutt design, I'd really appreciate
 being filled in.
Mew:
 Mew doesn't yet have support for executing arbitrary shell commands
 on messages marked with `@'. I've written up some code to do this
 and I'm hoping to have it or something comparable accepted as
 part of Mew. My current thoughts are to try to emulate the Mutt
 interface as much as possible so that scripts written to work with
 Mutt's piping interface will also work with Mew.
New Version:
 http://mashin.nanoyo.net:81/pkgsrc/mail2cvs.pl
Original Version:
 http://mashin.nanoyo.net:81/pkgsrc/mail2cvs.pl-0.5