Re: Message goto signature

[Richard Riley]

Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de> writes:

> Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote:  > This works for
> followup: > > (defadvice gnus-summary-followup (after followup-sig 
>> activate)(progn 
> (message-goto-signature)(previous-line)(previous-line))) > > And this
> for reply: > > (defadvice gnus-summary-reply-with-original (after
> reply-sig > activate)(progn
> (message-goto-signature)(previous-line)(previous-line))) > > I dont
> know if there is a better way than previous-line.
>
> previous-line should be fine in this case, but the advice is
> unneccessary (and always potentially dangerous).
>
> The cleanest way is to just define a new command:
>
> (defun message-goto-before-signature () "Move point before the
> beginning of the message signature separator."  (interactive)
> (message-goto-signature) (forward-line -1))
>
>
> regards,
> Nikolaj Schumacher
>
>

yes, but how to automatically call the function. Can you explain why the
advice is dangerous? It seems to be reasonable in this context.


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