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 9 Editing a Draft
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 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’).  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’).  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.
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