WHATNOW(1)

💅 WHATNOW(1) — whatnow2, the front-end for handling drafts ✨

okay so this is WHATNOW(1) from [mmh-0.4], and it's literally the manual for whatnow2: the front-end for handling drafts. it's giving draft-disposition main character energy, and honestly? iconic. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

whatnow [command |-Version] |-help]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

whatnow is the default program that queries you about the disposition of a composed draft. it's normally automatically invoked by one of the mmh commands comp, dist, forw, or repl after the initial edit. no cap, the way that it just shows up after the initial edit is highkey iconic. 🫶

When it starts, the editor is started on the draft. Then whatnow can be called with one of these commands:

• edit — re-edit using the same editor that was used on the preceding round, unless a profile entry <lasteditor>-next: <editor> names an alternate editor.
• edit <editor> — invoke <editor> for further editing.
• list — list the draft on the terminal.
• display — list the message being distributed/replied-to on the terminal.
• whom — list the recipients of the message.
• send — send the message.
• refile +folder — refile the draft into the given folder.
• delete — delete the draft and exit.
• attach files — add the named files to the draft as MIME attachments.
• alist — list the MIME attachments.
• detach numbers — remove MIME attachments by number.

When you're entering your response, you only need to type enough characters to uniquely identify the response. lowkey efficient. ✨

For the edit response, any valid switch to the editor is valid.

For the send response, any valid switch to send(1) is valid.

For the refile response, any valid switch to refile is valid.

See mh-profile(5) for further information about how editors are used by mmh. It also discusses how environment variables can be used to direct whatnow's actions in complex ways. iykyk. 🌈

⚠️ if the initial edit fails, no new draft is created, but any existing re-used draft is preserved. failures of later edits are ignored and another prompt is printed. that's the dramatic part, bestie. 💀

Consult the mh-draft(7) man page for more information. fr fr. 🦋

🍓 FILES 🍓

• $HOME/.mmh/profile — the user profile.
• +drafts — the draft folder.

🧚 PROFILE COMPONENTS 🧚

• Path: — to determine the user's mail storage.
• Draft-Folder: — to set the default draft-folder.
• Editor: — to override the default editor.
• Metafile-Extension: — the optional extion for meta information like lasteditor.
• <lasteditor>-next: — to name an editor to be used after exit from <lasteditor>.
• listproc: — program to list the contents of a message.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

send(1)

⭐ CONTEXT ⭐

None. literally none. periodt. 💅

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later, bestie 🫶 — this page is from MH.6.8, dated 2019-01-06, and it's your WHATNOW(1) manual. mwah 💋