Variable: message-citation-line-function

message-citation-line-function is a customizable variable defined in message.el.gz.

Value

message-insert-citation-line

Documentation

Function called to insert the "Whomever writes:" line.

Predefined functions include message-insert-citation-line and message-insert-formatted-citation-line (see the variable message-citation-line-format).

Note that Gnus provides a feature where the reader can click on writes: to hide the cited text. If you change this line too much, people who read your message will have to change their Gnus configuration. See the variable gnus-cite-attribution-suffix.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/message.el.gz
(defcustom message-citation-line-function #'message-insert-citation-line
  "Function called to insert the \"Whomever writes:\" line.

Predefined functions include `message-insert-citation-line' and
`message-insert-formatted-citation-line' (see the variable
`message-citation-line-format').

Note that Gnus provides a feature where the reader can click on
`writes:' to hide the cited text.  If you change this line too much,
people who read your message will have to change their Gnus
configuration.  See the variable `gnus-cite-attribution-suffix'."
  :type '(choice
	  (function-item :tag "plain" message-insert-citation-line)
	  (function-item :tag "formatted" message-insert-formatted-citation-line)
	  (function :tag "Other"))
  :link '(custom-manual "(message)Insertion Variables")
  :group 'message-insertion)