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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@fr.inter.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Python filesystem
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:06:32 +0100

> MH struck me as clumsy more because of the selection of module
> functions and names than out of a failing in the concept.  After all,
> it is the nature of Unix to have simple commands that can be strung
> together to produce complex results, where does MH's concept fail?

MH is too interactive.

Without trickery you can't really build meta-tools with it.

You know, the power of the shell/rc and the pipeline etc...

IIRC you couldn't use B as your $EDITOR with MH comp.

With my cut down, simpler version:

    EDITOR=B
    com
    <edit with sam>
    del

With sam you could have multiple messages being edited at once
and you del[iver] them as needed.