The ftplugins that follow are dedicated to the composition of electronic messages (ie. e-mails and usenet posts) ; they propose several settings, automatic commands and mappings. They have been strongly inspired by Sven Guckes's .vimrc. While some of them have been extended, I haven't ever customized others.

In order to install them, as usual, drop them in the appropriate folder that is : $HOME/vimfiles/ftplugin/mail (on Ms-Windows® systems) or $HOME/.vim/ftplugin/mail (on *NIX systems) ; for others OSes, check «:help 'runtimepath'».

mail_set.vim <raw file> 17th  June  2004 help on : <C-F1> VIM 6.x only	This file gathers general mappings and settings. It directly come from Sven Guckes's file.
Mail_Re_set.vim <raw file> 17th  June  2004 VIM 6.x only	May be, you have already noticed and used the two macros : ,re that merges all the "[Rr][Ee]:" in the subject in only one "Re:" and ,Re that merges "[Rr][Re]: Re[n]" in "Re[n+1]". This ftplugin combines the features from both macros without any visual bell or incrementation of the first number in the subject. It is executed automatically from mail_set.vim and thus corrects the subject header without any intervention. The script can now be configurated regarding : if you want to use "Re:" or "Re[n]:" in your replies. It is done through the variables g:mail_re_fmt or b:mail_re_fmt : let g:mail_re_fmt = "Re:" : always "Re:" let g:mail_re_fmt = "Re[1]:" : "Re[n]:" for any n let g:mail_re_fmt = "Re[]:" : "Re[n]:" for n > 1 let g:mail_re_fmt = "Mimic:" : "Re[n]:" in response to people using such format, "Re:" otherwise. if you want the "Re:" part to appear after or before the first "[TAG]" encountered in the subject : let g:mail_tag_placement = "detect_news" : for usenet posts, "Re:" is placed before every tag ; otherwise, "Re:" is placed after the first tag encountered let g:mail_tag_placement = "tag_second" : "Re: [TAG]" ; let g:mail_tag_placement = "tag_first" : "[TAG] Re:" ; The first version of this file has been implemented by Dominique Baldo.
Mail_mutt_alias_set.vim <raw file> 11th  February  2003 VIM 6.x only	This ftplugin will ease the insertion of MUTT e-mail aliases from within VIM. In order to use it, you will have to specify the path to your mutt_aliases file. Feel free to extend this ftplugin to support other the aliases formats from other MUAs. The script remaps <tab> to expand the word under the cursor (considered to be a regular expression that designates either a part of the alias name or the name of the contact) to the address associated ; This behavior is restricted to address lines of the e-mail header -- i.e. To:, Cc:, Bcc: and Reply-To:. If several aliases match the pattern, the windows is split and the matching aliases are proposed in a menu. It is possible to tag a list of contacts if one wishes to write to several people -- use then a very generic regexp like ".*". Note: this script requires a.vim and words_tools.vim. You could also be interested in the script from Brian Medley that supports calls to Abook and Mutt, or Todd Boland's simplified version of my script ; both on sourceforge.
Mail_Sig_set.vim <raw file> 17th  June  2004 VIM 6.x only	I define in this ftplugin an alternative to the macro map ,kqs G?^> *-- $<CR>dG It comes as a command. This time, VIM won't complains about not found ^> *-- $ pattern. BTW, I also delete all the empty lines (quoted or not) just above the signature to delete. Lately, I've integrated Yann Kerhervé's improvement over my function in order to keep your automatically inserted (by mutt) signature -- I guess his page is in French. Moreover, if you reply to a mailing list that inserts another signature (introduced by dashes), the ftplugin will delete up to two possible dashes-delimited signatures. It also support different quote characters thanks to the variables g:my_indent_char and g:quote_chars. N.B., Brian Medley's e-mail FTplugin also extends the quote characters recognized and proposes other interresting features. This ftplugin also proposes an 'operator-pending' mapping : --. Its purpose is to match lines till our own signature or the end of the file ; sometimes we want to delete everything but our own signature and dG is definitively not what we need. Usage: d--, c--, y-- to delete, change, or yank every line until our signature or the end of the file.
Mail_Moderation_set.vim <raw file> 23rd  July  2002 VIM 5.x & 6.x	This file is designed to ease the moderation of modappbot-moderated newsgroups. More precisely, it defines a mapping (,mod) that enables to correctly set the headers of custom responses to problematic posts. Suppose that modappbot sends an article for your approval and you want to write an appropriate and customized denial. Instead of forwarding the message to a copy-pasted address, changing the subject, and so on, reply to the message modappbot sent to you, hit ,mod from VIM and then write. You may have to customize the script in several places in order to define the newsgroups you moderate, the address of the server associated moderators' mailing lists, the tags of the subject, your signature and so on. Note that this version is an ugly mix between two generations of VIM scripting. You may also be interested by my other moderation stuff for modappbot ... pages still to be writen...
Mail_cc_set.vim <raw file> 12th  November  2002 VIM 5.x & 6.x	Bothered of receiving a copy of all your messages when you reply to a group of people ? Well, this file is for you ! All you have to do is to change my e-mail address to yours. Works fine with mutt and elm ; I haven't tested any other MUA. BTW, Mutt already handle this problem.

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