On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Åsmund Skjæveland wrote:
> Is it possible to define one's own string variables? I my case,
> this would be handy as my "personal alias..." is rather long nowadays,
> and editors tend to break lines they shouldn't if I forget
> to set programming-mode, and this sort of thing would be more elegant
> in one neat $string.
> Alteratively, a predefined (but redefinable) $personal-variable which
> contains a list of all my mail adresses would be usable. I'm suggesting
> both, since I don't know which would be easiest to implement.
There is no facility for defining string variables, but there is a
facility for macros in the configuration file. Or are you talking about
filter files here?
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