Re: Pine Q. 2: Fortune in sig
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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Kent West wrote:
> Is there a[n easy] way to set up your signature file in Pine so that a
> different fortune is sent with each signature? (I've come to realize that
> with Linux, yes, it's possible, because you can do just about anything,
> but is it _easily_ done?)
Yes, it can be done, and it's not hard at all. I do something similar,
except instead of using fortune, I have a directory with a bunch of
different text files. Each text file contains 1 sig. I wrote a pine
filter to automatically append a random file from this directory to my
outgoing messages. This gives me a bit more control over what goes out,
as opposed to using fortune, where you never know what you'll get.
Here is a one line script that might work for your purpose:
#!/bin/sh
fortune >> $1
$1 is the name of a temp file that contains the body of your outgoing
message. So you can see how the script will simply append the output of
fortune to your message. Now you need to tell Pine to use that script as
an outgoing filter. In Pine's config, find the "sending-filter" option,
and specify the filename of your script followed by _TMPFILE_, which is
the $1 option that your script expects.
You'll also want to check compose-send-offers-first-filter if you'd like
your script to be the default filter, offered whenever you send a message.
note that you won't see one of my sigs attached to this message. I have
sent it through a different filter to PGP sign it.
noah
PGP public key available at
http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html
or by 'finger -l frodo@ccs.neu.edu'
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