Re: copying text of a message into a buffer

[Bill W. <wo...@ne...>]

Pete Phillips <pe...@sm...> wrote:

> >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Wohler <wo...@ne...> writes:
> 
>     Bill> You might be able to conjure something up using eye of newt,
>     Bill> hair of dog, the mh-in-show-buffer macro, and the
>     Bill> mh-show-buffer variable. See how the latter two are used in
>     Bill> mh-folder.el for some inspiration. Given that you're in
>     Bill> England, you may even be able to find the first two items.
> 
> Ahem.  I think you'll find I'm in Wales (well, last time I looked, but
> you're right - we shouldn't get too complacent about the English!) You
> probably meant Britain ?  Or the UK.

You are too kind. Most Welchmen might have cut out my tongue (or
fingers in this case) already.

> And it is usually 
> 
>   "Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
>    Wool of bat, and tongue of dog" 
> 
> Hair of the dog is what we call having another drink to cure a hangover.

Nothing wrong with that!

> So there we are - I'm educated about some obscure emacs variables and
> Bill gets a geography, Shakespeare and quack medicine lesson all in
> one.  Does that seem fair ?

LOL!

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