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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1994-06-19 19:42:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1994-06-19 19:42:17 +0000 |
| commit | d066345bcf9bae839a93902de8d03cbe901a544f (patch) | |
| tree | 52b4bf595d79427680d4f4fa98bd29049948730d /lisp/mail/mailalias.el | |
| parent | 01cbdba594074fc3e8e3ded1edad2e13fdc89c8c (diff) | |
| download | emacs-d066345bcf9bae839a93902de8d03cbe901a544f.tar.gz | |
(define-mail-alias): Doc fix.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/mail/mailalias.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/mail/mailalias.el | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/mail/mailalias.el b/lisp/mail/mailalias.el index 09335afdb39..3353731431c 100644 --- a/lisp/mail/mailalias.el +++ b/lisp/mail/mailalias.el @@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ removed from alias expansions." (defun define-mail-alias (name definition) "Define NAME as a mail alias that translates to DEFINITION. This means that sending a message to NAME will actually send to DEFINITION. -DEFINITION can be one or more mail addresses separated by commas." +DEFINITION can be one or more mail addresses separated by spaces. +An address can contain spaces if it is quoted with double-quotes." (interactive "sDefine mail alias: \nsDefine %s as mail alias for: ") ;; Read the defaults first, if we have not done so. (if (eq mail-aliases t) @@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ DEFINITION can be one or more mail addresses separated by commas." ;; Strip quotation marks. (setq definition (substring definition 1 (1- (length definition)))) ;; ~/.mailrc contains addresses separated by spaces. - ;; mailers should expect addresses separated by commas. + ;; Mailers should expect addresses separated by commas. (while (setq tem (string-match "[^ \t,][ \t,]+" definition tem)) (if (= (match-end 0) (length definition)) (setq definition (substring definition 0 (1+ tem))) |