[mod.computers.vax] Other editor in mail

ANK@CUNYVMS1.BITNET.UUCP (03/06/87)

Define your MAIL$EDIT as having another editor

$ DEFINE MAIL$EDIT 'DISK:[DIR]IMAGE.COM'

And when you do mail/edit you could evoke the editor. You
could however invoke it as default by setting your symbol in
LOGIN.COM

$ mail :== mail/edit=(send,extract,forward)

You can cut the following com file and insert it anywhere you please
it is a distribution from GNU Emacs

__________________________CUT-HERE______________________________________

$ !***    Copyright (C) 1986 Mukesh Prasad
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$
$ !*** Command procedure to invoke emacs for MAIL.
$ !***
$ !*** Arguments:
$ !***
$ !***  p1 = Input file name.
$ !***  p2 = Output file name.
$ !***
$
$       ON CONTROL_Y THEN EXIT
$       emacs = "$emacs_exedir:emacs.exe"
$       if p1 .nes. "" then emacs 'p2' -i 'p1'
$       if p1 .eqs. "" then emacs 'p2'