[comp.mail.elm] Creating somewhere other than /tmp

longshot@lion.ecn.purdue.edu (Longshot (tm)) (11/29/90)

	Does elm support a way to creat files in say a users directory instead
  of /tmp.  This is for users who dial up and get hung and thus lose the note 
  they were creating...  Any help would be appreciated...

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longshot@ecn.purdue.edu	   (Rich Long)

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     above the waters of oblivion and glisten through the rust of time."

meo@Dixie.Com (Miles ONeal) (11/29/90)

If the lost file was created via vi, when they login
again, typing

vi -r

will list any files lost while editing.

The user can then

vi -r filename

to recover the file, save it locally in a filename
they like (foo,fred, fnord, ftc), enter elm, start
mail to someone, get into the editor and

:r filename

and there they are.



Miles O'Neal
meo@dixie.com              (S&SSi)      {uunet | emory}!rsiatl!meo
meo@sware.com              (work)       {uunet | emory}!sware!meo

longshot@orchestra.ecn.purdue.edu (Longshot (tm)) (11/29/90)

In article <5148@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> meo@Dixie.Com (Miles ONeal) writes:
>If the lost file was created via vi, when they login
>again, typing
>
>vi -r
[Deleted comments about vi]
>
>Miles O'Neal
>meo@dixie.com              (S&SSi)      {uunet | emory}!rsiatl!meo
>meo@sware.com              (work)       {uunet | emory}!sware!meo

	VI can be a life saver at times, but the user who is having problems
  uses EMACS...  Is there a simple way to change where mail is created?

--
longshot@ecn.purdue.edu	   (Rich Long)

  To be "remembered with an affection and veneration that shall surge high
     above the waters of oblivion and glisten through the rust of time."