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Re: How to pipe text or load a file directly into mail-mode?
From: |
Giorgos Keramidas |
Subject: |
Re: How to pipe text or load a file directly into mail-mode? |
Date: |
Wed, 03 May 2006 17:26:32 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) |
On Wed, 3 May 2006 12:29:03 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'd like the output of a Perl program to end up in an Emacs mail-mode
> buffer, ready to proofread, edit and then send with C-c C-c. I don't
> mind whether my program
>
> 1. pipes the output to an emacs command, or
>
> 2. saves the output in a temp file and opens it with an emacs command.
One way to do this is:
- Start composing your message
- Then use:
C-u M-x shell-command RET perl /foo/script.pl RET
to run the Perl script.
This should put the output of the script in the mail buffer, starting at
the point location.