Editing a Draft
When you edit a message that you want to send (called a draft in this case), the mode used is MH-Letter. This mode provides several commands in addition to the normal Emacs editing commands to help you edit your draft. These can also be found in the ‘Letter’ menu.
SPC
Perform completion or insert space (mh-letter-complete-or-space).
M-TAB
Perform completion on header field or word preceding point (mh-letter-complete).
, (comma)
Flash alias expansion (mh-letter-confirm-address).
TAB
Cycle to next field (mh-letter-next-header-field-or-indent).
S-TAB
Cycle to the previous header field (mh-letter-previous-header-field).
C-c ?
Display cheat sheet for the MH-E commands (mh-help).
C-c C-c
Save draft and send message (mh-send-letter).
C-c C-d
Insert fields specified by the given identity (mh-insert-identity). See Identities.
C-c C-e
Compose MIME message from MH-style directives (mh-mh-to-mime).
C-c C-f C-a
C-c C-f a
Move to ‘Mail-Reply-To:’ header field (mh-to-field).
C-c C-f C-b
C-c C-f b
Move to ‘Bcc:’ header field (mh-to-field).
C-c C-f C-c
C-c C-f c
Move to ‘Cc:’ header field (mh-to-field).
C-c C-f C-d
C-c C-f d
Move to ‘Dcc:’ header field (mh-to-field).
C-c C-f C-f
C-c C-f f
Move to ‘Fcc:’ header field (mh-to-fcc).
C-c C-f C-l
C-c C-f l
Move to ‘Mail-Followup-To:’ header field (mh-to-field).
C-c C-f C-m
C-c C-f m
Move to ‘From:’ header field (mh-to-field).
C-c C-f C-r
C-c C-f r
Move to ‘Reply-To:’ header field (mh-to-field).
C-c C-f C-s
C-c C-f s
Move to ‘Subject:’ header field (mh-to-field).
C-c C-f C-t
C-c C-f t
Move to ‘To:’ header field (mh-to-field).
C-c C-i
Insert a message (mh-insert-letter).
C-c C-m C-e
Add tag to encrypt the message (mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt).
C-c C-m C-f
C-c C-m f
Add tag to forward a message (mh-compose-forward).
C-c C-m C-g
C-c C-m g
Add tag to include anonymous ftp reference to a file (mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp).
C-c C-m C-i
C-c C-m i
Add tag to include a file such as an image or sound (mh-compose-insertion).
C-c C-m C-m
C-c C-m m
Compose MIME message from MML tags (mh-mml-to-mime).
C-c C-m C-n
C-c C-m n
Remove any secure message tags (mh-mml-unsecure-message).
C-c C-m C-s
Add tag to sign the message (mh-mml-secure-message-sign).
C-c C-m C-t
C-c C-m t
Add tag to include anonymous ftp reference to a compressed tar file (mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar).
C-c C-m C-u
C-c C-m u
Undo effects of C-c C-e (mh-mh-to-mime-undo).
C-c C-m C-x
C-c C-m x
Add tag to refer to a remote file (mh-mh-compose-external-type).
C-c C-m e e
Add tag to encrypt the message (mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt).
C-c C-m e s
Add tag to encrypt and sign the message
(mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt).
C-c C-m s e
Add tag to encrypt and sign the message
(mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt).
C-c C-m s s
Add tag to sign the message (mh-mml-secure-message-sign).
C-c C-o
Insert a newline and leave point before it (mh-open-line).
C-c C-q
Quit editing and delete draft message (mh-fully-kill-draft).
C-c C-s
Insert signature in message (mh-insert-signature).
C-c C-t
Toggle display of header field at point (mh-letter-toggle-header-field-display).
C-c C-w
Verify recipients, showing expansion of any aliases (mh-check-whom).
C-c C-y
Insert the current message into the draft buffer (mh-yank-cur-msg).
C-c M-d
Insert custom fields if recipient is found in mh-auto-fields-list (mh-insert-auto-fields). See Identities.
Several options from the ‘mh-letter’ customization group are used while editing a draft.
mh-compose-insertion
Type of MIME message tags in messages (default: ‘MML’ if available; otherwise ‘MH’).
mh-compose-skipped-header-fields
List of header fields to skip over when navigating in draft (default: '("From" "Organization" "References" "In-Reply-To" "X-Face" "Face" "X-Image-URL" "X-Mailer").
mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag
On means SPC does completion in message header (default: ‘off’).
mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
On means delete any window displaying the message (default: ‘off’).
mh-extract-from-attribution-verb
Verb to use for attribution when a message is yanked by C-c C-y (default: "wrote:").
mh-ins-buf-prefix
String to put before each line of a yanked or inserted message (default: "> ").
mh-letter-complete-function
Function to call when completing outside of address or folder fields (default: ispell-complete-word).
mh-letter-fill-column
Fill column to use in MH-Letter mode (default: 72).
mh-mml-method-default
Default method to use in security tags (default: ‘PGP (MIME)’ if support for it is available; otherwise ‘None’).
mh-signature-file-name
Source of user’s signature (default: "~/.signature").
mh-signature-separator-flag
On means a signature separator should be inserted (default: ‘on’).
mh-x-face-file
File containing X-Face or Face header field to insert in outgoing mail. (default: "~/.face").
mh-yank-behavior
Controls which part of a message is yanked by C-c C-y (default: ‘Body With Attribution’).
The following hooks are available.
mail-citation-hook
Hook for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer (default: nil).
mh-before-send-letter-hook
Hook run at the beginning of the C-c C-c command (default: ‘nil’).
mh-mh-to-mime-hook
Hook run on the formatted letter by C-c C-e (default: ‘nil’).
mh-insert-signature-hook
Hook run by C-c C-s after signature has been inserted (default: nil).
The following face is available.
mh-letter-header-field
Editable header field value face in draft buffers.
The commands and options introduced here are explained in more detail in the following sections.