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author | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2000-01-05 23:08:00 +0000 |
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committer | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2000-01-05 23:08:00 +0000 |
commit | 58eca4a5f12180bff395b02a40437cd6f9a24647 (patch) | |
tree | f30db719388d9f18cb4b7c84efbf8c58bcff9561 /man | |
parent | 9d9f0f851d7b69bd261484f10dcd082a06db13eb (diff) | |
download | emacs-58eca4a5f12180bff395b02a40437cd6f9a24647.tar.gz |
Add Fortune, Footnote.
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diff --git a/man/sending.texi b/man/sending.texi index 3ca862cc1af..9364538a9a9 100644 --- a/man/sending.texi +++ b/man/sending.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93-95, 97, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Sending Mail, Rmail, Picture, Top @chapter Sending Mail @@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ with each mail buffer independently. * Aliases: Mail Aliases. Abbreviating and grouping mail addresses. * Mode: Mail Mode. Special commands for editing mail being composed. * Spook: Distracting NSA. How to distract the NSA's attention. +* Fortune:: `Fortune' items in signatures. +* Footnotes: Mail Footnotes. Making footnotes in messages. * Mail Methods:: Using alternative mail-composition methods. @end menu @@ -618,6 +620,37 @@ entering an outgoing message: Whether or not this confuses the NSA, it at least amuses people. +@node Fortune +@section Putting @code{fortune} Items in Signatures + +@pindex fortune +@findex fortune-to-signature +@findex fortune-from-region +@cindex signatures, mail/news +@cindex fortune cookies +The Fortune package uses the @code{fortune} program to create signatures +for mail or network news messages. (@code{fortune} prints a +random---with luck, interesting---adage, originally inspired by `fortune +cookie' messages.) It also allows you automatically to cut regions to a +Fortune file with @kbd{M-x fortune-from-region} and compile your own +Fortune database. To generate signatures, add +@code{fortune-to-signature} to @code{mail-setup-hook} and/or +@code{message-setup-hook} as appropriate. + +@node Mail Footnotes +@section Making Footnotes +@cindex footnotes + +@findex footnote-mode +@kbd{M-x footnote-mode} toggles a minor mode for making footnotes in +mail or network news messages. It is intended for use specifically with +Message mode but is not specific to that. It provides commands and +keybindings to insert footnotes, go to a given note, delete a note and +renumber notes. See the group @code{footnote} for customization and the +mode's documentation for keybindings. To set up Footnote mode for all +messages, add @code{footnote-mode} to @code{mail-mode-hook} and/or +@code{message-mode-hook} as appropriate. + @node Mail Methods @section Mail-Composition Methods @cindex mail-composition methods |