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Feature request manually save composer buffer (was: Ed as my editor ?)

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Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
>On 2026-03-16, Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> wrote:

>>another stupid question. I am used to use GNU ed as my editor of choice.
>>When prompted for my editor, I answered ed. Alpine threw me into it, I did 
>>my thing but quitting ed did not put the content in my message buffer.

>>What should I do in my setup to use ed as usual ?

>When you use an alternative editor, the editor is invoked on the file 
>containing the "message buffer".

>Have you saved the edited text into a different file?

That reminds me. If my terminal session times out while I'm composing, I
will likely lose the buffer. Yes, alpine attempts to write it out to
"interrupted" but even if it works, it won't be the final state of the
buffer.

While composing, I'd like to be able to write out the buffer to a known
file in a known location from time to time, even if it's in /tmp or
~/tmp, and for the temporary file to persist after the alpine session
closes. It would save me from rewriting long messages.

Yes, yes, if it's a long message or reply, I should edit it outside the
alpine session, but I rarely do.

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Ed as my editor ? Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> - 2026-03-16 20:33 +0100
  Re: Ed as my editor ? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-03-17 12:55 +0000
    Re: Ed as my editor ? Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im> - 2026-03-17 19:27 +0100
    Feature request manually save composer buffer (was: Ed as my editor ?) "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-17 18:39 +0000
      Re: Feature request manually save composer buffer (was: Ed as my editor ?) Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-03-17 22:41 +0000
        Re: Feature request manually save composer buffer (was: Ed as my editor ?) "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-18 00:38 +0000
          Re: Feature request manually save composer buffer (was: Ed as my editor ?) Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-03-18 20:51 +0000
            Re: Feature request manually save composer buffer (was: Ed as my editor ?) "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-03-19 03:25 +0000

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