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List:       mutt-dev
Subject:    reply-hook and Subject (was: [PATCH] Change hardcoded subject of replies)
From:       Vincent Lefevre <vincent () vinc17 ! org>
Date:       2020-08-06 13:57:58
Message-ID: 20200806135758.GA23530 () zira ! vinc17 ! org
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On 2020-07-24 09:42:06 -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 05:03:09PM +1200, Tom Ryder wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 06:56:38AM +0200, Claus Assmann wrote:
> > > > Would you or Maxim consider making it a _("translatable
> > > > string")---or perhaps even better, a configurable one---for
> > > > those who speak other languages?
> > > 
> > > Other than Latin?
> > > "Re:" is a standard that should not be translated.
> > 
> > Agreed; what I mean is that it would be good to be able to configure the
> > string after "Re:" for replies to empty subjects.  That said, though, it
> > could perhaps be done with hooks.
> 
> I think the subject setting occurs too early for hooks to be effective.

Shouldn't the reply-hook occur earlier?

There are some other cases where one may want to modify the subject,
e.g. to remove a mailing-list tag in a private reply or to remove a
"(was: ...)" part (hoping that's possible).

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