[sup-talk] Read only mode for sup

[Andrew Pimlott]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 08:30:05AM -0400, Ian Smith wrote:
> Excerpts from Nicolas Pouillard's message of Wed Apr 08 04:36:23 -0400 2009:
> > Excerpts from Ian Smith's message of Wed Apr 08 01:29:04 +0200 2009:
> > > This use case already works using buffers - you can switch between them
> > > fairly easily.  I need to rewrite my reflexes still, but I run sup in
> > > screen, so it can't be that hard.
> > 
> > Even when you are editing a mail?
> 
> Oh, you're right - you have to switch into reply-mode, out of the
> editor.  Hmm.

I've always wondered, could a mailer use job control, like a shell, to
allow it to have multiple sub-processes and switch among them?  Then,
you could suspend your editor and get back to sup, and later resume your
editor.

Andrew