diff --git a/blog/the-power-of-vim-mail-editing.mdwn b/blog/the-power-of-vim-mail-editing.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6738903c --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/the-power-of-vim-mail-editing.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +[[!meta title="The power of vim: mail editing"]] + +In this article I will show you some of the mappings I use within +vim for mail editing. + +## Background + +I am a console centric person, using +[mutt](http://www.mutt.org/) and +[vim](http://www.vim.org/) for mails. +I use one e-mail address per person or situation +(i.e. you can reach me at nico-thepowerofvim at schottelius.org). +to be able to filter or delete e-mail addresses easily. + +## Macros / Mappings + +One of the really nice things of vim is being able to use macros +([map](http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/usr_05.html#05.3) in +vim slang). + +### Replace Mail Address (static) + +Many times I would like to replace the mail address mutt selected +for sending with my company address. For this I use a mapping assigned to F2: + + map G$/^From:/<lc/>nico.schottelius --AT-- ungleich.ch/^$ + +This essentially finds the first From: line, removes everything betwenn < and > and inserts my company mail address. + + +### Replace Mail Address (dynamic) + +In most cases however, I use a mail address in the style +**nico-something@schottelius.org** (there is no catch all, if you were thinking about this). I have mutt setup to use +**nico-something@schottelius.org** as the from address and have a +macro mapped to F3 that allows me to replace the part after +**nico-** until the **@** easily: + + G$/^From:/wwlc/@ + +### Replace everything until the signature + +Quite often I am done with replying to an email, but have +leftovers from the original mail. To be able to delete everything +easily until the end of the mail (i.e. until -- and a space), +I use F4: + + map c/^-- + + + + +[[!tag net unix]]