[comp.sys.next] MailHelper app. uploaded to FTP site

izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) (04/05/91)

I have uploaded MailHelper.tar.Z to the submissions
directory of cs.orst.edu.  It should show up in
sources directory eventually.
The compressed tar file contains full sources and the
executable.

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MailHelper -- A Service Provider for NeXT Mail.app.
[Requires OS Release 2.0]

This application has been written as a work-around for
deficiencies with the current NeXT Mail application,
especially in the non-NeXT mail mode.  MailHelper
corrects these problems via a new feature of NextStep
2.0, i.e., via "Services" menu of the Mail application.
Hopefully, this app will become obsolete when 3.0 is released.

It adds the following three features.

[1]    It reformats pasted text in a send window so that the
text fits into about 60 column width.  Without
reformatting, pasted-in text often appears ugly with
alternating long and short lines due to inflexible line
wrapping in the non-NeXT mail mode.  Paragraph
boundaries defined by two consecutive newline
characters will be preserved.  To use this service, first
paste in text into a send window, select  the text you want
to reformat, and press
"Services"---"Mail"---"Reformat Selection".

[2]    It adds "> " to the left of each text line of pasted text
to indicate that it is quoted text.  To use this service,
select the text you want to indicate with the quotation
marks, then press "Services"---"Mail"---"Quote Selection".
You probably should reformat the text with
"Reformat Selection" first before adding the quotation
marks.

[3]    It inserts the content of file "~/.signature" at the
current cursor position.  When you prepare the signature
file, make sure that all lines are shorter than 60 chars.
Otherwise, the inserted signature text may be wrapped at
undesirable locations.  To do this, press
"Services"---"Mail"---"Insert Signature".

Izumi Ohzawa
izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (NeXTmail) 
Izumi Ohzawa             [ $@Bg_78^=;(J ]
USMail: University of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
Telephone: (415) 642-6440             Fax:  (415) 642-3323
Internet: izumi@violet.berkeley.edu   NeXTmail: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu