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@settitle Supercite Version 3.1 User's Manual
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@copying
This document describes the Supercite Version 3.1 package for citing and
attributing the replies for various GNU Emacs mail and news reading
subsystems.

Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

@quotation

* SC: (sc).		Supercite lets you cite parts of messages you're
			  replying to, in flexible ways.
@end direntry

@titlepage
@sp 6
@center @titlefont{Supercite User's Manual}
@sp 2
@center @titlefont{Supercite Version 3.1}
@sp 4
@center Manual Revision: 3.48
@center April 2007
@sp 5
@center Barry A@. Warsaw
@center @t{bwarsaw@@cen.com}
@center @t{@dots{}!uunet!cen.com!bwarsaw}
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
@insertcopying
@end titlepage

@ifnottex
@node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up

This document describes the Supercite Version 3.1 package for citing and
attributing the replies for various GNU Emacs mail and news reading
subsystems.  The manual is divided into the following chapters.

@menu
* Introduction::
* Citations::
* Getting Connected::

* Configuring the Citation Engine::
* Post-yank Formatting Commands::
* Information Keys and the Info Alist::
* Reference Headers::
* Hints to MUA Authors::
* Version 3 Changes::
* Thanks and History::
* The Supercite Mailing List::

* GNU Free Documentation License::
* Concept Index::
* Command Index::
* Key Index::

@end menu
@end ifnottex


@node  Introduction, Usage Overview, Top, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@chapter Introduction
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Supercite version 3.1 is a GNU Emacs package written entirely in Emacs
Lisp. It interfaces to most of the commonly used Emacs mail user agents
(@dfn{MUAs}) and news user agents (@dfn{NUAs}), and provides
sophisticated facilities for the citing and attributing of message
replies.  Supercite has a very specific and limited role in the process
of composing replies to both USENET network news and electronic mail.

The preferred way to spell Supercite is with a capital @samp{S},
lowercase @samp{upercite}.  There are a few alternate spellings out there
and I won't be terribly offended if you use them.  People often ask
though@dots{}

@ifinfo
@menu
* Usage Overview::
* What Supercite Does Not Do::

@end ifinfo

@cindex MUA
@cindex NUA
Supercite is only useful in conjunction with MUAs and NUAs such as VM,
GNUS, RMAIL, etc@. (hereafter referred to collectively as MUAs).
Supercite is typically called by the MUA after a reply buffer has been
setup.  Thereafter, Supercite's many commands and formatting styles are
available in that reply buffer until the reply is sent.  Supercite is
re-initialized in each new reply buffer.

Supercite is currently at major revision 3.1, and is known to work in the
following environments:

@table @asis
@item Emacs versions:
	GNU Emacs 18.57 through 18.59, all Emacs 19,
	all current Lucid Emacs, and Epoch 4.@refill

@item MUAs:
	VM 4.37 and beyond (including VM version 5), RMAIL, MH-E 3.7 and
	beyond, PCMAIL.@refill

@item NUAs:
	RNEWS, GNUS 3.12 and beyond, GNEWS.@refill

@end table
For systems with version numbers, all known subsequent versions also
work with Supercite.  For those systems without version numbers,
Supercite probably works with any recently released version.  Note that
only some of these systems will work with Supercite ``out of the box.''
All others must overload interfacing routines to supply the necessary
glue.  @xref{Getting Connected}, for more details.@refill


@node Usage Overview, What Supercite Does Not Do, Introduction, Introduction
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@kindex r
@kindex f
@kindex C-c C-y
@cindex yank
@cindex cite, citing
@cindex attribute, attributing
@comment
@section Usage Overview
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Typical usage is as follows. You want to reply or followup to a message
in your MUA. You will probably hit @kbd{r} (i.e., ``reply'') or @kbd{f}
(i.e., ``forward'') to begin composing the reply.  In response, the MUA
will create a reply buffer and initialize the outgoing mail headers
appropriately.  The body of the reply will usually be empty at this

special text tag.  Most MUAs provide some default style of citing; by
using Supercite you gain a wider flexibility in the look and style of
citations.  Supercite's only job is to cite the original message.

@node  What Supercite Does Not Do, What Supercite Does, Usage Overview, Introduction
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section What Supercite Doesn't Do
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Because of this clear division of labor, there are useful features which
are the sole responsibility of the MUA, even though it might seem that
Supercite should provide them.  For example, many people would like to
be able to yank (and cite) only a portion of the original message.
Since Supercite only modifies the text it finds in the reply buffer as
set up by the MUA, it is the MUA's responsibility to do partial yanking.
@xref{Reply Buffer Initialization}.@refill

@vindex mail-header-separator
@comment
Another potentially useful thing would be for Supercite to set up the
outgoing mail headers with information it gleans from the reply buffer.
But by previously agreed upon convention, any text above the
@code{mail-header-separator} which separates mail headers from message
bodies cannot be modified by Supercite.  Supercite, in fact, doesn't
know anything about the meaning of these headers, and never ventures
outside the designated region. @xref{Hints to MUA Authors}, for more
details.@refill

@node  What Supercite Does, Citations, What Supercite Does Not Do, Introduction
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@findex sc-cite-original
@section What Supercite Does
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Supercite is invoked for the first time on a reply buffer via your MUA's
reply or forward command.  This command will actually perform citations
by calling a hook variable to which Supercite's top-level function
@code{sc-cite-original} has been added.  When @code{sc-cite-original} is
executed, the original message must be set up in a very specific way,

@cindex filladapt
@cindex gin-mode
@vindex fill-prefix
@findex fill-paragraph
@comment
When the original message is cited by @code{sc-cite-original}, it will
(optionally) be filled by Supercite.  However, if you manually edit the
cited text and want to re-fill it, you must use an add-on package such
as @cite{filladapt} or @cite{gin-mode}.  These packages can recognize
Supercited text and will fill them appropriately.  Emacs' built-in

but it is also immediately useful with the default configuration, once
it has been properly connected to your MUA.  @xref{Getting Connected},
for more details.@refill

@node  Citations, Citation Elements, What Supercite Does, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex nested citations
@cindex citation
@comment
@chapter Citations
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
A @dfn{citation} is the acknowledgement of the original author of a mail
message in the body of the reply.  There are two basic citation styles
which Supercite supports.  The first, called @dfn{nested citations} is
an anonymous form of citation; in other words, an indication is made
that the cited line was written by someone @emph{other} that the current

non-nested citations are used.  When non-@code{nil}, nested citations
are used.


@node  Citation Elements, Recognizing Citations, Citations, Citations
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex citation string
@comment
@section Citation Elements
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
@dfn{Citation strings} are composed of one or more elements. Non-nested
citations are composed of four elements, three of which are directly
user definable.  The elements are concatenated together, in this order:

@cindex citation leader

of the same elements, sans the attribution string.  Supercite is smart
enough to not put additional spaces between citation delimiters for
multi-level nested citations.

@node  Recognizing Citations, Getting Connected, Citation Elements, Citations
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section Recognizing Citations
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Supercite also recognizes citations in the original article, and can
transform these already cited lines in a number of ways. This is how
Supercite suppresses the multiple citing of non-nested citations.
Recognition of cited lines is controlled by variables analogous to those
that make up the citation string as mentioned previously.

non-nested citation roots.  It is important to remember that if you
change @code{sc-citation-root-regexp} you should always also change
@code{sc-citation-nonnested-root-regexp}.@refill

@node  Information Keys and the Info Alist, Reference Headers, Miscellaneous Commands, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex information keys
@cindex Info Alist
@cindex information extracted from mail fields
@findex sc-mail-field
@findex mail-field (sc-)
@comment
@chapter Information Keys and the Info Alist
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
@dfn{Mail header information keys} are nuggets of information that
Supercite extracts from the various mail headers of the original
message, placed in the reply buffer by the MUA.  Information is kept in
the @dfn{Info Alist} as key-value pairs, and can be retrieved for use in
various places within Supercite, such as in header rewrite functions and

If the author's name has more than one middle name, they will appear as
info keys with the appropriate index (e.g., @code{"sc-middlename-2"},
@dots{}).  @xref{Selecting an Attribution}.@refill

@node  Reference Headers, The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions, Information Keys and the Info Alist, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex reference headers
@chapter Reference Headers
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Supercite will insert an informative @dfn{reference header} at the
beginning of the cited body of text, which display more detail about the
original article and provides the mapping between the attribution and
the original author in non-nested citations.  Whereas the citation
string usually only contains a portion of the original author's name,

@code{sc-preferred-header-style}.  The value of this variable is an
integer which is an index into the @code{sc-rewrite-header-list},
beginning at zero.

@node  The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions, Electric References, Reference Headers, Reference Headers
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex header rewrite functions, built-in
@comment
@section The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Below are examples of the various built-in header rewrite functions.
Please note the following:@: first, the text which appears in the
examples below as @var{infokey} indicates that the corresponding value
of the info key from the info alist will be inserted there.
(@pxref{Information Keys and the Info Alist}).  For example, in @code{sc-header-on-said}

@code{>>>>> concerning the subject of @var{subject}}@*
@code{>>>>> see @var{references} for more details}
@end table

@node  Electric References, Hints to MUA Authors, The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions, Reference Headers
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex electric references
@section Electric References
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
By default, when Supercite cites the original message for the first
time, it just goes ahead and inserts the reference header indexed by
@code{sc-preferred-header-style}.  However, you may want to select
different reference headers based on the type of reply or forwarding you
are doing. You may also want to preview the reference header before

@vindex electric-mode-hook (sc-)
@noindent
Supercite will execute the hook @code{sc-electric-mode-hook} before
entering electric reference mode.

@node  Getting Connected, Emacs 19 MUAs, Recognizing Citations, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex citation interface specification
@chapter Getting Connected
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Hitting @kbd{C-c C-y} in your MUA's reply buffer yanks and cites the
original message into the reply buffer.  In reality, the citation of the
original message is performed via a call through a configurable hook
variable.  The name of this variable has been agreed to in advance as
part of the @dfn{citation interface specification}.  By default this

``use your default citation function.''  When you add Supercite's
citation function to the hook, thereby giving the variable a
non-@code{nil} value, it tells the MUA to run the hook via
@code{run-hooks} instead of using the default citation.@refill

@ifinfo
@menu
* Emacs 19 MUAs::
* Emacs 18 MUAs::
* MH-E with any Emacsen::
* VM with any Emacsen::
* GNEWS with any Emacsen::
* Overloading for Non-conforming MUAs::
@end menu
@end ifinfo

Early in Supercite's development, the Supercite author, a few MUA
authors, and some early Supercite users got together and agreed upon a
standard interface between MUAs and citation packages (of which
Supercite is currently the only known add-on @t{:-)}.  With the recent
release of the Free Software Foundation's GNU Emacs 19, the interface
has undergone some modification and it is possible that not all MUAs
support the new interface yet.  Some support only the old interface and
some do not support the interface at all.  Still, it is possible for all
known MUAs to use Supercite, and the following sections will outline the
procedures you need to follow.

To learn exactly how to connect Supercite to the software systems you
are using, read the appropriate following sections.  For details on the
interface specifications, or if you are writing or maintaining an MUA,
@pxref{Hints to MUA Authors}.

@findex cite-original (sc-)
@findex sc-submit-bug-report
@findex submit-bug-report (sc-)
The first thing that everyone should do, regardless of the MUA you are
using is to set up Emacs so it will load Supercite at the appropriate
time.  You can either dump Supercite into your Emacs binary (ask your
local Emacs guru how to do this if you don't know), or you can set up an
@dfn{autoload} for Supercite.  To do the latter, put the following in
your @file{.emacs} file:

@example
(autoload 'sc-cite-original     "supercite" "Supercite 3.1" t)
(autoload 'sc-submit-bug-report "supercite" "Supercite 3.1" t)
@end example

@cindex point
@cindex mark
The function @code{sc-cite-original} is the top-level Supercite function
designed to be run from the citation hook.  It expects
@samp{point} and @samp{mark} to be set around the region to cite, and it
expects the original article's mail headers to be present within this
region.  Note that Supercite @emph{never} touches any text outside this
region.  Note further that for Emacs 19, the region need not be active
for @code{sc-cite-original} to do its job.
@xref{Hints to MUA Authors}.@refill

The other step in the getting connected process is to make sure your
MUA calls @code{sc-cite-original} at the right time.  As mentioned

your Emacs maintainer has put Supercite into your dumped Emacs' image.
In that case, you can use the @code{sc-pre-hook} variable, but this will
get executed every time @code{sc-cite-original} is called.  @xref{Reply
Buffer Initialization}.@refill

@node   Emacs 19 MUAs, Emacs 18 MUAs, Getting Connected, Getting Connected
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@vindex mail-citation-hook
@cindex .emacs file
@section GNUS, RMAIL, or RNEWS with any Emacs 19
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
These MUAs, distributed with Emacs and with Lucid Emacs, use Emacs's
built-in yanking facility, which provides the citing hook variable
@code{mail-citation-hook}.  By default, this hook's value is @code{nil},
but by adding the following to your @file{.emacs} file, you can tell
these MUAs to use Supercite to perform the citing of the original
message:

@example
(add-hook 'mail-citation-hook 'sc-cite-original)
@end example

GNUS users may also want to add the following bit of lisp as well.  This
prevents GNUS from inserting its default attribution header.  Otherwise,
both GNUS and Supercite will insert an attribution header:

@example
(setq news-reply-header-hook nil)
@end example

@node   Emacs 18 MUAs, MH-E with any Emacsen, Emacs 19 MUAs, Getting Connected
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@vindex mail-citation-hook
@cindex .emacs file
@cindex overloading
@cindex sendmail.el file
@section GNUS, RMAIL, PCMAIL, RNEWS with Emacs 18 or Epoch 4
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
These MUAs use Emacs' built-in yanking and citing routines, contained in
the @file{sendmail.el} file.  @file{sendmail.el} for Emacs 18, and its
derivative Epoch 4, do not know anything about the citation interface
required by Supercite.  To connect Supercite to any of these MUAs under
Emacs 18 or Epoch 4, you should first
@pxref{Overloading for Non-conforming MUAs}.  Then follow the directions
for using these MUAs under Emacs 19.
@xref{Emacs 19 MUAs}.@refill

@cindex add-hook substitute
@cindex setq as a substitute for add-hook
@findex setq
@findex add-hook
@cindex sc-unsupp.el file
Note that those instructions will tell you to use the function
@code{add-hook}. This function is new with Emacs 19 and you will not
have it by default if you are running Emacs 18 or Epoch 4.  You can
either substitute the appropriate call to @code{setq}, or you can use
the @code{add-hook} function that is provided in the @file{sc-unsupp.el}
file of unsupported Supercite hacks and ideas.  Or you can upgrade to
some Emacs 19 variant!  @t{:-)}@refill

To use @code{setq} instead of @code{add-hook}, you would, for example,
change this:

@example
(add-hook 'mail-citation-hook 'sc-cite-original)
@end example

to:

@example
(setq mail-citation-hook 'sc-cite-original)
@end example

Note the lack of a single quote on the first argument to @code{setq}.

@node  MH-E with any Emacsen, VM with any Emacsen, Emacs 18 MUAs, Getting Connected
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex .emacs file
@vindex mh-yank-hooks
@findex add-hook
@cindex mail-citation-hook
@section MH-E with any Emacsen
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
MH-E 4.x conforms to the @code{mail-citation-hook} interface supported
by other MUAs.  At the time of this writing, MH-E 4.0 has not been
released, but if you have it, put this in your @file{.emacs} file to
connect Supercite and MH-E 4.x:

@example
(add-hook 'mail-citation-hook 'sc-cite-original)
@end example

Note that if you are using Emacs 18 or Epoch 4, you will not have the
@code{add-hook} function.  @xref{Emacs 18 MUAs}, for details on how to
proceed without @code{add-hook}.

MH-E version 3.x uses a slightly different interface than other MUAs.
MH-E provides a hook variable @code{mh-yank-hooks}, but it doesn't act
like a hook, and doing an @code{add-hook} will not work.

To connect Supercite to MH-E 3.x, you should instead add the following
to your @code{.emacs} file:

@example
(add-hook 'mh-yank-hooks 'sc-cite-original)
@end example

@vindex mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
You also need to make sure that MH-E includes all the original mail
headers in the yanked message.  The variable that controls this is
@code{mh-yank-from-start-of-msg}.  By default, this variable has the
value @code{t}, which tells MH-E to include all the mail headers when
yanking the original message.  Before you switched to using Supercite,
you may have set this variable to other values so as not to include the
mail headers in the yanked message.  Since Supercite requires these
headers (and cleans them out for you), you need to make sure the value
is @code{t}.  This lisp, in your @file{.emacs} file will do the trick:

@example
(setq mh-yank-from-start-of-msg t)
@end example

Note that versions of MH-E before 3.7 did not provide the
@code{mh-yank-hooks} variable.  Your only option is to upgrade to MH-E
version 3.7 or later.

@node  VM with any Emacsen, GNEWS with any Emacsen, MH-E with any Emacsen, Getting Connected
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex .emacs file
@vindex mail-citation-hook
@vindex mail-yank-hooks
@section VM with any Emacsen
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Since release 4.40, VM has supported the citation interface required by
Supercite.  But since the interface has changed recently the details of
getting connected differ with the version of VM you are using.

If you are running any release of VM after 4.40, you can add the
following to your @file{.emacs} to connect Supercite with VM:

@example
(add-hook 'mail-yank-hooks 'sc-cite-original)
@end example

Note that if you are using Emacs 18 or Epoch 4, you will not have the
@code{add-hook} function.  @xref{Emacs 18 MUAs}, for details on how to
proceed without @code{add-hook}.

Since version 5.34, VM has supported the newer @code{mail-citation-hook}
interface, but @code{mail-yank-hooks} is still being supported for
backward compatibility.  If you are running a newer version of VM and
you want to maintain consistency with other MUAs, use this bit of code
instead:

@example
(add-hook 'mail-citation-hook 'sc-cite-original)
@end example

@node  GNEWS with any Emacsen, Overloading for Non-conforming MUAs, VM with any Emacsen, Getting Connected
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up@cindex .emacs file
@vindex news-reply-mode-hook
@findex sc-perform-overloads
@findex perform-overloads (sc-)
@vindex gnews-ready-hook
@section GNEWS with any Emacsen
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
As far as I know, no version of GNEWS supports the citation interface
required by Supercite.  To connect Supercite with GNEWS, please first
@pxref{Overloading for Non-conforming MUAs}.

After you have followed the directions in that section.  You should add
the following lisp code to your @file{.emacs} file:

@example
(add-hook 'mail-citation-hook 'sc-cite-original)
@end example

Note that if you are using Emacs 18 or Epoch 4, you will not have the
@code{add-hook} function.  @xref{Emacs 18 MUAs}, for details on how to
proceed without @code{add-hook}.

@node  Overloading for Non-conforming MUAs, Replying and Yanking, GNEWS with any Emacsen, Getting Connected
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex overloading
@cindex sc-oloads.el
@vindex mail-citation-hook
@findex sc-perform-overloads
@cindex .emacs file
@section Overloading for Non-conforming MUAs
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
As mentioned elsewhere, some MUAs do not provide the necessary hooks to
connect with Supercite.  Supercite version 3.1 provides an unsupported
mechanism, called @dfn{overloading} which redefines certain key
functions in the MUA, so that it will call the @code{mail-citation-hook}
variable instead of the MUA's default hard-coded citing routines.  Since
most newer versions of the known MUAs support the
@code{mail-citation-hook} variable, it is recommended that you upgrade
if at all possible.  But if you can't upgrade, at least you're not out
of luck!  Once you set up overloading properly, you should follow the
directions for connecting Supercite to the Emacs 19 MUAs.
@xref{Emacs 19 MUAs}.@refill

@cindex Hyperbole
@vindex hyperb:version
Users of Bob Weiner's Hyperbole package take note.  Hyperbole provides
the necessary overloads (and a whole lot more!) and you can potentially
clobber it if you were to load Supercite's overloading after
Hyperbole's.  For this reason, Supercite will @emph{not} perform any
overloading if it finds the variable @code{hyperb:version} is
@code{boundp} (i.e. it exists because Hyperbole has been loaded into
your Emacs session).  If this is the case, Supercite will display a
warning message in the minibuffer.  You should consult the Hyperbole
manual for further details.

Overloading involves the re-definition of the citing function with the
new, @code{mail-citation-hook} savvy version.  The function in
@file{sc-oloads.el} that does this is @code{sc-perform-overloads}.  This
function is smart enough to only overload the MUA functions when it is
absolutely necessary, based on the version numbers it can figure out.
Also, @code{sc-perform-overloads} will only install the new functions
once.  It is also smart enough to do nothing if the MUA is not yet
loaded.@refill

The tricky part is finding the right time and place to perform the
overloading.  It must be done after the MUA has been loaded into your
Emacs session, but before the first time you try to yank in a message.
Fortunately, this has been figured out for you.

If you must overload, you should put the following lisp code in your
@file{.emacs} file, to make sure the @file{sc-oloads.el} file gets
loaded at the right time:

@example
(autoload 'sc-perform-overloads "sc-oloads" "Supercite 3.1" t)
@end example

Then you must make sure that the function @code{sc-perform-overloads}
gets run at the right time.  For GNUS, put this in your @file{.emacs}
file:

@example
(setq news-reply-mode-hook 'sc-perform-overloads)
(setq mail-setup-hook 'sc-perform-overloads)
@end example

If you are using RNEWS, put this in your @file{.emacs} file:

@vindex news-reply-mode-hook
@example
(setq news-reply-mode-hook 'sc-perform-overloads)
@end example

If you are using RMAIL or PCMAIL, put this in your @file{.emacs} file:

@example
(setq mail-setup-hook 'sc-perform-overloads)
@end example

If you are using GNEWS, put this in your @file{.emacs} file:

@example
(setq news-reply-mode-hook 'sc-perform-overloads)
(setq gnews-ready-hook 'sc-perform-overloads)
@end example

Now go back and follow the directions for getting the Emacs 19 MUAs
connected to Supercite.  Be sure to @pxref{Emacs 18 MUAs} on substitutes
for Emacs 19's @code{add-hook} function.@refill

@node  Replying and Yanking, Reply Buffer Initialization, Overloading for Non-conforming MUAs, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@chapter Replying and Yanking
@ifinfo

This chapter explains what happens when you reply and yank an original
message from an MUA.

* Reply Buffer Initialization::
* Filling Cited Text::
@end menu
@end ifinfo
@node  Reply Buffer Initialization, Filling Cited Text, Replying and Yanking, Replying and Yanking
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@findex sc-cite-original
@findex cite-original (sc-)
@comment
@section Reply Buffer Initialization
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Executing @code{sc-cite-original} performs the following steps as it
initializes the reply buffer:

@enumerate
@item

for completeness and backward compatibility. Perhaps it could be used to
reset certain variables set in @code{sc-pre-hook}.@refill
@end enumerate

@node  Filling Cited Text, Selecting an Attribution, Reply Buffer Initialization, Replying and Yanking
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex filling paragraphs
@vindex sc-auto-fill-region-p
@vindex auto-fill-region-p (sc-)
@cindex filladapt
@cindex gin-mode
@findex sc-setup-filladapt
@findex setup-filladapt (sc-)
@vindex sc-load-hook
@vindex load-hook (sc-)
@section Filling Cited Text
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Supercite will automatically fill newly cited text from the original
message unless the variable @code{sc-auto-fill-region-p} has a
@code{nil} value.  Supercite will also re-fill paragraphs when you
manually cite or re-cite text.

have been widespread complaints on the net about mail and news messages
containing lines greater than about 72 characters.  So the default is to
fill cited text.

@node  Selecting an Attribution, Attribution Preferences, Filling Cited Text, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex attribution list
@vindex sc-preferred-attribution-list
@vindex preferred-attribution-list (sc-)
@comment
@chapter Selecting an Attribution
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
As you know, the attribution string is the part of the author's name
that will be used to composed a non-nested citation string. Supercite
scans the various mail headers present in the original article and uses
a number of heuristics to extract strings which it puts into the
@dfn{attribution association list} or @dfn{attribution alist}. This is

* Author Names::
@end menu
@end ifinfo

@node  Attribution Preferences, Anonymous Attributions, Selecting an Attribution, Selecting an Attribution
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section Attribution Preferences
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
When you cite an original message, you can tell Supercite which part of
the author's name you would prefer it to use as the attribution.  The
variable @code{sc-preferred-attribution-list} controls this; it contains
keys which are matched against the attribution alist in the given order.
The first value of a key that produces a non-@code{nil}, non-empty

what nickname they would prefer to use, and you can set up this list to
match against a specific mail field, e.g., @samp{From:@:}, allowing you
to cite your friend's message with the appropriate attribution.

@node  Anonymous Attributions, Author Names, Attribution Preferences, Selecting an Attribution
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@vindex sc-default-author-name
@vindex default-author-name (sc-)
@vindex sc-default-attribution
@vindex default-attribution (sc-)
@comment
@section Anonymous Attributions
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
When the author's name cannot be found in the @samp{From:@:} mail
header, a fallback author name and attribution string must be supplied.
The fallback author name is contained in the variable
@code{sc-default-author-name} and the fallback attribution string is
contained in the variable @code{sc-default-attribution}.  Default values

to override any automatically derived attribution string when it is only
one character long; e.g. you prefer to use @code{"initials"} but the
author only has one name.@refill

@node  Author Names, Configuring the Citation Engine, Anonymous Attributions, Selecting an Attribution
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex author names
@section Author Names
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Supercite employs a number of heuristics to decipher the author's name
based on value of the @samp{From:@:} mail field of the original message.
Supercite can recognize almost all of the common @samp{From:@:} field
formats in use.  If you encounter a @samp{From:@:} field that Supercite
cannot parse, please report this bug.
@xref{The Supercite Mailing List}.@refill

@vindex sc-titlecue-regexp
@vindex titlecue-regexp (sc-)
There are a number of Supercite variables that control how author names
are extracted from the @samp{From:@:} header.  Some headers may contain a

@code{last} or @code{any}.  @code{last} always matches against the last
word in the name field, while @code{any} matches against every word in
the name field.

@node  Configuring the Citation Engine, Using Regi, Author Names, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex Regi
@cindex frames (Regi)
@cindex entries (Regi)
@chapter Configuring the Citation Engine
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
At the heart of Supercite is a regular expression interpreting engine
called @dfn{Regi}.  Regi operates by interpreting a data structure
called a Regi-frame (or just @dfn{frame}), which is a list of
Regi-entries (or just @dfn{entry}).  Each entry contains a predicate,
typically a regular expression, which is matched against a line of text

Supercite to recognize such things as uuencoded messages or C code and
cite or fill those differently than normal text.  None of this is
currently part of Supercite, but contributions are welcome!

@node  Using Regi, Frames You Can Customize, Configuring the Citation Engine, Configuring the Citation Engine
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@findex regi-interpret
@findex eval
@findex looking-at
@section Using Regi
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Regi works by interpreting frames with the function
@code{regi-interpret}.  A frame is a list of arbitrary size where each
element is a entry of the following form:

@example

@item curentry
The current frame entry being interpreted.
@end table

@node  Frames You Can Customize, Post-yank Formatting Commands, Using Regi, Configuring the Citation Engine
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@vindex sc-nuke-mail-header
@section Frames You Can Customize
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
As mentioned earlier, Supercite uses various frames to perform
certain jobs such as mail header information extraction and mail header
nuking.  However, these frames are not available for you to customize,
except through abstract interfaces such as @code{sc-nuke-mail-header},
et al.

When Supercite is about to cite, uncite, or recite a region, it consults
the appropriate alist and attempts to find a frame to use.  If one
is not found from the alist, then the appropriate default frame is used.

@node  Post-yank Formatting Commands, Citing Commands, Frames You Can Customize, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@vindex sc-mode-map-prefix
@vindex mode-map-prefix (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p
@chapter Post-yank Formatting Commands
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Once the original message has been yanked into the reply buffer, and
@code{sc-cite-original} has had a chance to do its thing, a number of
useful Supercite commands will be available to you. Since there is wide
variety in the keymaps that MUAs set up in their reply buffers, it is
next to impossible for Supercite to properly sprinkle its commands into

* Miscellaneous Commands::
@end menu
@end ifinfo

@node   Citing Commands, Insertion Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@vindex sc-cite-region-limit
@section Commands to Manually Cite, Recite, and Uncite
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Probably the three most common post-yank formatting operations that you
will perform will be the manual citing, reciting, and unciting of
regions of text in the reply buffer. Often you may want to recite a
paragraph to use a nickname, or manually cite a message when setting
@code{sc-cite-region-limit} to @code{nil}.  The following commands
perform these functions on the region of text between @samp{point} and
@samp{mark}.  Each of them sets the @dfn{undo boundary} before modifying
the region so that the command can be undone in the standard Emacs
way.@refill

A quick note about Emacs 19.  Unlike in Emacs 18, the region delimited
by @samp{point} and @samp{mark} can have two states.  It can be
@dfn{active} or @dfn{inactive}.  Although Emacs 19 and Lucid Emacs 19
use different terminology and functions, both employ the same convention
such that when the region is inactive, commands that modify the region
should generate an error.  The user needs to explicitly activate the
region before successfully executing the command.  All Supercite
commands conform to this convention.

Here is the list of Supercite citing commands:

@table @asis
@findex sc-cite-region

@vindex pre-cite-hook (sc-)
@vindex sc-confirm-always-p
@vindex confirm-always-p
@kindex C-u
@item @code{sc-cite-region} (@kbd{C-c C-p c})
@comment
This command cites each line in the region of text by interpreting the
selected frame from @code{sc-cite-frame-alist}, or the default citing
frame @code{sc-default-cite-frame}.  It runs the hook
@code{sc-pre-cite-hook} before interpreting the frame.  With an optional
universal argument (@kbd{C-u}), it temporarily sets

@findex sc-uncite-region
@findex uncite-region (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p u
@item @code{sc-uncite-region} (@kbd{C-c C-p u})
@comment
This command removes any citation strings from the beginning of each
cited line in the region by interpreting the selected frame from
@code{sc-uncite-frame-alist}, or the default unciting frame
@code{sc-default-uncite-frame}.  It runs the hook
@code{sc-pre-uncite-hook} before interpreting the frame.

@findex sc-recite-region
@findex recite-region (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p r
@item @code{sc-recite-region} (@kbd{C-c C-p r})
@comment
This command recites each line the region by interpreting the selected
frame from @code{sc-recite-frame-alist}, or the default reciting frame
@code{sc-default-recite-frame}. It runs the hook
@code{sc-pre-recite-hook} before interpreting the frame.
@xref{Configuring the Citation Engine}.@refill

Supercite will always ask you to confirm the attribution when reciting a
region, regardless of the value of @code{sc-confirm-always-p}.
@end table

@node  Insertion Commands, Variable Toggling Shortcuts, Citing Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section Insertion Commands
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
These two functions insert various strings into the reply buffer.

@table @asis
@findex sc-insert-reference
@findex insert-reference (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p w
@item @code{sc-insert-reference} (@kbd{C-c C-p w})
@comment
@vindex sc-preferred-header-style
@vindex preferred-header-style (sc-)
Inserts a reference header into the reply buffer at @samp{point}.  With
no arguments, the header indexed by @code{sc-preferred-header-style} is
inserted. An optional numeric argument is the index into

@findex sc-insert-citation
@findex insert-citation (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p i
@item @code{sc-insert-citation} (@kbd{C-c C-p i})
@comment
Inserts the current citation string at the beginning of the line that
@samp{point} is on.  If the line is already cited, Supercite will issue
an error and will not cite the line.
@end table

@node  Variable Toggling Shortcuts, Mail Field Commands, Insertion Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex toggling variables
@section Variable Toggling Shortcuts
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Supercite defines a number of commands that make it easier for you to
toggle and set various Supercite variables as you are editing the reply
buffer.  For example, you may want to turn off filling or whitespace
cleanup, but only temporarily.  These toggling shortcut commands make
this easy to do.

Finally, the command @kbd{C-c C-p C-t h} (also @kbd{C-c C-p C-t ?})
brings up a Help message on the toggling keymap.


@node  Mail Field Commands, Miscellaneous Commands, Variable Toggling Shortcuts, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section Mail Field Commands
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
These commands allow you to view, modify, add, and delete various bits
of information from the info alist.
@xref{Information Keys and the Info Alist}.@refill

@table @asis
@kindex C-c C-p f
@findex sc-mail-field-query
@findex mail-field-query (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p f
@item @code{sc-mail-field-query} (@kbd{C-c C-p f})
@comment
Allows you to interactively view, modify, add, and delete info alist
key-value pairs.  With no argument, you are prompted (with completion)
for a info key.  The value associated with that key is displayed in the
minibuffer.  With an argument, this command will first ask if you want
to view, modify, add, or delete an info key. Viewing is identical to

If you want to modify the value of a key, Supercite will first prompt
you (with completion) for the key of the value you want to change.  It
will then put you in the minibuffer with the key's current value so you
can edit the value as you wish.  When you hit @key{RET}, the key's value
is changed.  For those of you running Emacs 19, minibuffer history is
kept for the values.

If you choose to delete a key-value pair, Supercite will prompt you (with
completion) for the key to delete.

If you choose to add a new key-value pair, Supercite firsts prompts you

@findex sc-mail-process-headers
@findex mail-process-headers (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p g
@item @code{sc-mail-process-headers} (@kbd{C-c C-p g})
@comment
This command lets you re-initialize Supercite's info alist from any set
of mail headers in the region between @samp{point} and @samp{mark}.
This function is especially useful for replying to digest messages where
Supercite will initially set up its information for the digest
originator, but you want to cite each component article with the real
message author.  Note that unless an error during processing occurs, any
old information is lost.@refill
@end table

@node  Miscellaneous Commands, Information Keys and the Info Alist, Mail Field Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section Miscellaneous Commands
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
@table @asis
@findex sc-open-line
@findex open-line (sc-)
@findex open-line
@kindex C-c C-p o
@item @code{sc-open-line} (@kbd{C-c C-p o})
@comment
Similar to Emacs' standard @code{open-line} commands, but inserts the
citation string in front of the new line.  As with @code{open-line},
an optional numeric argument inserts that many new lines.@refill

@findex sc-describe
@findex describe (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p ?
@kindex C-c C-p h
@item @code{sc-describe} (@kbd{C-c C-p h} and @kbd{C-c C-p ?})
@comment
This function has been obsoleted by the @TeX{}info manual you are now
reading. It is still provided for compatibility, but it will eventually
go away.

@findex sc-version
@findex version (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p v
@item @code{sc-version} (@kbd{C-c C-p v})
@comment
Echos the version of Supercite you are using.  With the optional
universal argument (@kbd{C-u}), this command inserts the version
information into the current buffer.

@findex sc-submit-bug-report
@findex submit-bug-report (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p C-b
@item @code{sc-submit-bug-report} (@kbd{C-c C-p C-b})
@comment
If you encounter a bug, or wish to suggest an enhancement, use this
command to set up an outgoing mail buffer, with the proper address to
the Supercite maintainer automatically inserted in the @samp{To:@:}
field.  This command also inserts information that the Supercite
maintainer can use to recreate your exact setup, making it easier to
verify your bug.
@end table

@node  Hints to MUA Authors, Version 3 Changes, Electric References, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@chapter Hints to MUA Authors
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
In June of 1989, some discussion was held between the various MUA
authors, the Supercite author, and other Supercite users. These
discussions centered around the need for a standard interface between
MUAs and Supercite (or any future Supercite-like packages).  This
interface was formally proposed by Martin Neitzel on Fri, 23 Jun 89, in

@vindex mail-citation-hook
@vindex mail-yank-hooks
@cindex sendmail.el
@findex mail-yank-original
@findex defvar
This specification was adopted, but with the recent release of
Emacs 19, it has undergone a slight modification.  Instead of the
variable @code{mail-yank-hooks}, the new preferred hook variable that
the MUA should provide is @code{mail-citation-hook}.
@code{mail-yank-hooks} can be provided for backward compatibility, but
@code{mail-citation-hook} should always take precedence.  Richard
Stallman (of the FSF) suggests that the MUAs should @code{defvar}
@code{mail-citation-hook} to @code{nil} and perform some default citing
when that is the case.  Take a look at Emacs 19's @file{sendmail.el}
file, specifically the @code{mail-yank-original} defun for
details.@refill

If you are writing a new MUA package, or maintaining an existing MUA
package, you should make it conform to this interface so that your users
will be able to link Supercite easily and seamlessly. To do this, when
setting up a reply or forward buffer, your MUA should follow these

header in the body of the reply. Set @samp{mark} at the end of the
message text.  It is very important that the region be set around the
text Supercite is to modify and that the mail headers are within this
region.  Supercite will not venture outside the region for any reason,
and anything within the region is fair game, so don't put anything that
@strong{must} remain unchanged inside the region.  Further note that for
Emacs 19, the region need not be set active.  Supercite will work
properly when the region is inactive, as should any other like-minded
package.@refill

@item
Run the hook @code{mail-citation-hook}. You will probably want to
provide some kind of default citation functions in cases where the user
does not have Supercite installed.  By default, your MUA should

default citing behavior.  User who want to connect to Supercite then
need only add @code{sc-cite-original} to this list of hooks using
@code{add-hook}.@refill
@end enumerate

If you do all this, your users will not need to overload your routines
to use Supercite, and your MUA will join the ranks of those that conform
to this interface ``out of the box.''

@node Version 3 Changes, Thanks and History, Hints to MUA Authors, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@chapter Version 3 Changes
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
@cindex sc-unsupp.el file
With version 3, Supercite has undergone an almost complete rewrite, and
has hopefully benefited in a number of ways, including vast
improvements in the speed of performance, a big reduction in size of the
code and in the use of Emacs resources, and a much cleaner and flexible
internal architecture.  The central construct of the info alist, and its
role in Supercite has been expanded, and the other central concept, the
general package Regi, was developed to provide a theoretically unlimited
flexibility.

But most of this work is internal and not of very great importance to the
casual user. There have been some changes at the user-visible level,
but for the most part, the Supercite configuration variables from
version 2 should still be relevant to version 3.  Below, I briefly
outline those user-visible things that have changed since version 2. For
details, look to other sections of this manual.

@enumerate
@item
@cindex supercite.el file
@cindex reporter.el file
@cindex regi.el file
@cindex sc.el from version 2
@cindex sc-elec.el from version 2
Supercite proper now comes in a single file, @file{supercite.el}, which
contains everything except the unsupported noodlings, overloading (which
should be more or less obsolete with the release of Emacs 19), and the
general lisp packages @file{reporter.el} and @file{regi.el}.  Finally,
the @TeX{}info manual comes in its own file as well.  In particular, the
file @file{sc.el} from the version 2 distribution is obsolete, as is the
file @file{sc-elec.el}.

@item
@code{sc-spacify-name-chars} is gone in version 3.

@item
@vindex sc-attrib-selection-list
@vindex attrib-selection-list
@code{sc-nickname-alist} is gone in version 3.  The
@code{sc-attrib-selection-list} is a more general construct supporting
the same basic feature.

@item
The version 2 variable @code{sc-preferred-attribution} has been changed
to @code{sc-preferred-attribution-list}, and has been expanded upon to
allow you to specify an ordered list of preferred attributions.

@item
@code{sc-mail-fields-list} has been removed, and header nuking in
general has been greatly improved, giving you wider flexibility in
specifying which headers to keep and remove while presenting a
simplified interface to commonly chosen defaults.

@item
Post-yank paragraph filling has been completely removed from Supercite,
other packages just do it better than Supercite ever would.  Supercite
will still fill newly cited paragraphs.

@item
@vindex sc-cite-region-limit
@vindex cite-region-limit
The variable @code{sc-all-but-cite-p} has been replaced by
@code{sc-cite-region-limit}.

@item
Keymap hacking in the reply buffer has been greatly simplified, with, I
believe, little reduction in functionality.

@item
Hacking of the reply buffer's docstring has been completely eliminated.
@end enumerate

@node  Thanks and History, The Supercite Mailing List, Version 3 Changes, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@chapter Thanks and History
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
The Supercite package was derived from its predecessor Superyank 1.11
which was inspired by various bits of code and ideas from Martin Neitzel
and Ashwin Ram. They were the folks who came up with the idea of
non-nested citations and implemented some rough code to provide this
style. Superyank and Supercite version 2 evolved to the point where much
of the attribution selection mechanism was automatic, and features have
been continuously added through the comments and suggestions of the
Supercite mailing list participants.  Supercite version 3 represents a
nearly complete rewrite with many of the algorithms and coding styles
being vastly improved.  Hopefully Supercite version 3 is faster,
smaller, and much more flexible than its predecessors.

In the version 2 manual I thanked some specific people for their help in
developing Supercite 2.  You folks know who you are and your continued
support is greatly appreciated.  I wish to thank everyone on the
Supercite mailing list, especially the brave alpha testers, who helped

to a quick agreement on the new @code{mail-citation-hook} interface, and
for adding the magic lisp to their code to support this.

All who have helped and contributed have been greatly appreciated.

@node  The Supercite Mailing List, GNU Free Documentation License, Thanks and History, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@cindex supercite mailing list address
@cindex mailing list address
@chapter The Supercite Mailing List
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
The author runs a simple mail expanding mailing list for discussion of
issues related to Supercite. This includes enhancement requests, bug
reports, general help questions, etc.  To subscribe or unsubscribe to
the mailing list, send a request to the administrative address:

@example
supercite-request@@python.org
@end example

Please be sure to include the most reliable and shortest (preferably
Internet) address back to you.  To post articles to the list, send your
message to this address (you do not need to be a member to post, but be
sure to indicate this in your article or replies may not be CC'd to
you):

@example
supercite@@python.org
@end example

If you are sending bug reports, they should go to the following address,
but @emph{please}! use the command @code{sc-submit-bug-report} since it
will be much easier for me to duplicate your problem if you do so.  It
will set up a mail buffer automatically with this address on the
@samp{To:@:} line:

@example
supercite-help@@python.org
@end example

@node GNU Free Documentation License, Concept Index, The Supercite Mailing List, Top
@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
@include doclicense.texi

@node  Concept Index, Command Index, GNU Free Documentation License, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@unnumbered Concept Index
@printindex cp

@node  Command Index, Key Index, Concept Index, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@unnumbered Command Index
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Since all supercite commands are prepended with the string

@sp 2
@end iftex
@printindex fn

@node  Key Index, Variable Index, Command Index, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@unnumbered Key Index
@printindex ky

@node Variable Index,  , Key Index, Top
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@unnumbered Variable Index
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Since all supercite variables are prepended with the string

92246:6184e70102de

\input texinfo  @comment -*-texinfo-*-
@comment 3.48
@comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
@setfilename ../../info/sc
@settitle Supercite User's Manual
@iftex
@finalout
@end iftex

@c @setchapternewpage odd		% For book style double sided manual.
@comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)

@copying
This document describes Supercite, an Emacs package for citing and
attributing replies to mail and news messages.

Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

@quotation

* SC: (sc).		Supercite lets you cite parts of messages you're
			  replying to, in flexible ways.
@end direntry

@titlepage
@title Supercite User's Manual
@subtitle cite and attribute mail and
@subtitle news, in flexible ways

@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
@insertcopying
@end titlepage

@ifnottex
@node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up

This document describes Supercite, an Emacs package for citing and
attributing replies to mail and news messages.  The manual is divided
into the following chapters.

@menu
* Introduction::
* Citations::
* Getting Connected::

* Configuring the Citation Engine::
* Post-yank Formatting Commands::
* Information Keys and the Info Alist::
* Reference Headers::
* Hints to MUA Authors::
* Thanks and History::

* GNU Free Documentation License::
* Concept Index::
* Command Index::
* Key Index::

@end menu
@end ifnottex


@node  Introduction, Usage Overview, Top, Top
@chapter Introduction

Supercite is a GNU Emacs package written entirely in Emacs Lisp. It
interfaces to most of the commonly used Emacs mail user agents
(@dfn{MUAs}) and news user agents (@dfn{NUAs}), and provides
sophisticated facilities for the citing and attributing of message
replies.  Supercite has a very specific and limited role in the process
of composing replies to both USENET network news and electronic mail.

The preferred way to spell Supercite is with a capital @samp{S},
lowercase @samp{upercite}.

@ifinfo
@menu
* Usage Overview::
* What Supercite Does Not Do::

@end ifinfo

@cindex MUA
@cindex NUA
Supercite is only useful in conjunction with MUAs and NUAs such as VM,
Gnus, RMAIL, MH-E, etc.  Supercite is typically called by the MUA after a
reply buffer has been setup.  Thereafter, Supercite's many commands and
formatting styles are available in that reply buffer until the reply is
sent.  Supercite is re-initialized in each new reply buffer.


@node Usage Overview, What Supercite Does Not Do, Introduction, Introduction
@kindex r
@kindex f
@kindex C-c C-y
@cindex yank
@cindex cite, citing
@cindex attribute, attributing
@section Usage Overview

Typical usage is as follows. You want to reply or followup to a message
in your MUA. You will probably hit @kbd{r} (i.e., ``reply'') or @kbd{f}
(i.e., ``forward'') to begin composing the reply.  In response, the MUA
will create a reply buffer and initialize the outgoing mail headers
appropriately.  The body of the reply will usually be empty at this

special text tag.  Most MUAs provide some default style of citing; by
using Supercite you gain a wider flexibility in the look and style of
citations.  Supercite's only job is to cite the original message.

@node  What Supercite Does Not Do, What Supercite Does, Usage Overview, Introduction
@section What Supercite Doesn't Do

Because of this clear division of labor, there are useful features which
are the sole responsibility of the MUA, even though it might seem that
Supercite should provide them.  For example, many people would like to
be able to yank (and cite) only a portion of the original message.
Since Supercite only modifies the text it finds in the reply buffer as
set up by the MUA, it is the MUA's responsibility to do partial yanking.
@xref{Reply Buffer Initialization}.@refill

@vindex mail-header-separator
Another potentially useful thing would be for Supercite to set up the
outgoing mail headers with information it gleans from the reply buffer.
But by previously agreed upon convention, any text above the
@code{mail-header-separator} which separates mail headers from message
bodies cannot be modified by Supercite.  Supercite, in fact, doesn't
know anything about the meaning of these headers, and never ventures
outside the designated region. @xref{Hints to MUA Authors}, for more
details.@refill

@node  What Supercite Does, Citations, What Supercite Does Not Do, Introduction
@findex sc-cite-original
@section What Supercite Does

Supercite is invoked for the first time on a reply buffer via your MUA's
reply or forward command.  This command will actually perform citations
by calling a hook variable to which Supercite's top-level function
@code{sc-cite-original} has been added.  When @code{sc-cite-original} is
executed, the original message must be set up in a very specific way,

@cindex filladapt
@cindex gin-mode
@vindex fill-prefix
@findex fill-paragraph
When the original message is cited by @code{sc-cite-original}, it will
(optionally) be filled by Supercite.  However, if you manually edit the
cited text and want to re-fill it, you must use an add-on package such
as @cite{filladapt} or @cite{gin-mode}.  These packages can recognize
Supercited text and will fill them appropriately.  Emacs' built-in

but it is also immediately useful with the default configuration, once
it has been properly connected to your MUA.  @xref{Getting Connected},
for more details.@refill

@node  Citations, Citation Elements, What Supercite Does, Top
@cindex nested citations
@cindex citation
@chapter Citations

A @dfn{citation} is the acknowledgement of the original author of a mail
message in the body of the reply.  There are two basic citation styles
which Supercite supports.  The first, called @dfn{nested citations} is
an anonymous form of citation; in other words, an indication is made
that the cited line was written by someone @emph{other} that the current

non-nested citations are used.  When non-@code{nil}, nested citations
are used.


@node  Citation Elements, Recognizing Citations, Citations, Citations
@cindex citation string
@section Citation Elements

@dfn{Citation strings} are composed of one or more elements. Non-nested
citations are composed of four elements, three of which are directly
user definable.  The elements are concatenated together, in this order:

@cindex citation leader

of the same elements, sans the attribution string.  Supercite is smart
enough to not put additional spaces between citation delimiters for
multi-level nested citations.

@node  Recognizing Citations, Getting Connected, Citation Elements, Citations
@section Recognizing Citations

Supercite also recognizes citations in the original article, and can
transform these already cited lines in a number of ways. This is how
Supercite suppresses the multiple citing of non-nested citations.
Recognition of cited lines is controlled by variables analogous to those
that make up the citation string as mentioned previously.

non-nested citation roots.  It is important to remember that if you
change @code{sc-citation-root-regexp} you should always also change
@code{sc-citation-nonnested-root-regexp}.@refill

@node  Information Keys and the Info Alist, Reference Headers, Miscellaneous Commands, Top
@cindex information keys
@cindex Info Alist
@cindex information extracted from mail fields
@findex sc-mail-field
@findex mail-field (sc-)
@chapter Information Keys and the Info Alist

@dfn{Mail header information keys} are nuggets of information that
Supercite extracts from the various mail headers of the original
message, placed in the reply buffer by the MUA.  Information is kept in
the @dfn{Info Alist} as key-value pairs, and can be retrieved for use in
various places within Supercite, such as in header rewrite functions and

If the author's name has more than one middle name, they will appear as
info keys with the appropriate index (e.g., @code{"sc-middlename-2"},
@dots{}).  @xref{Selecting an Attribution}.@refill

@node  Reference Headers, The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions, Information Keys and the Info Alist, Top
@cindex reference headers
@chapter Reference Headers

Supercite will insert an informative @dfn{reference header} at the
beginning of the cited body of text, which display more detail about the
original article and provides the mapping between the attribution and
the original author in non-nested citations.  Whereas the citation
string usually only contains a portion of the original author's name,

@code{sc-preferred-header-style}.  The value of this variable is an
integer which is an index into the @code{sc-rewrite-header-list},
beginning at zero.

@node  The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions, Electric References, Reference Headers, Reference Headers
@cindex header rewrite functions, built-in
@section The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions

Below are examples of the various built-in header rewrite functions.
Please note the following:@: first, the text which appears in the
examples below as @var{infokey} indicates that the corresponding value
of the info key from the info alist will be inserted there.
(@pxref{Information Keys and the Info Alist}).  For example, in @code{sc-header-on-said}

@code{>>>>> concerning the subject of @var{subject}}@*
@code{>>>>> see @var{references} for more details}
@end table

@node  Electric References, Hints to MUA Authors, The Built-in Header Rewrite Functions, Reference Headers
@cindex electric references
@section Electric References

By default, when Supercite cites the original message for the first
time, it just goes ahead and inserts the reference header indexed by
@code{sc-preferred-header-style}.  However, you may want to select
different reference headers based on the type of reply or forwarding you
are doing. You may also want to preview the reference header before

@vindex electric-mode-hook (sc-)
@noindent
Supercite will execute the hook @code{sc-electric-mode-hook} before
entering electric reference mode.

@node  Getting Connected, Replying and Yanking, Recognizing Citations, Top
@cindex citation interface specification
@chapter Getting Connected


@vindex mail-citation-hook
@cindex .emacs file
In most cases, all that is necessary to begin using Supercite is to add
the following to @file{~.emacs}:

@example
(add-hook 'mail-citation-hook 'sc-cite-original)
@end example

@noindent For more details of the process, read on@dots{}

Hitting @kbd{C-c C-y} in your MUA's reply buffer yanks and cites the
original message into the reply buffer.  In reality, the citation of the
original message is performed via a call through a configurable hook
variable.  The name of this variable has been agreed to in advance as
part of the @dfn{citation interface specification}.  By default this

``use your default citation function.''  When you add Supercite's
citation function to the hook, thereby giving the variable a
non-@code{nil} value, it tells the MUA to run the hook via
@code{run-hooks} instead of using the default citation.@refill

Early in Supercite's development, the Supercite author, a few MUA
authors, and some early Supercite users got together and agreed upon a
standard interface between MUAs and citation packages (of which
Supercite is currently the only known add-on @t{:-)}.  Supercite can
probably be used with most Emacs MUAs, with a greater or lesser degree
of effort.

To learn exactly how to connect Supercite to the software systems you
are using, read the appropriate following sections.  For details on the
interface specifications, or if you are writing or maintaining an MUA,
@pxref{Hints to MUA Authors}.

@findex cite-original (sc-)
@findex sc-submit-bug-report
@findex submit-bug-report (sc-)
The first thing that everyone should do, regardless of the MUA you are
using is to set up Emacs so it will load Supercite at the appropriate
time.  This happens automatically if Supercite is distributed with your
Emacs version.  If not, you can set up an @dfn{autoload} for Supercite.

To do the latter, put the following in your @file{.emacs} file:

@example
(autoload 'sc-cite-original "supercite" nil t)
@end example

@cindex point
@cindex mark
The function @code{sc-cite-original} is the top-level Supercite function
designed to be run from the citation hook.  It expects
@samp{point} and @samp{mark} to be set around the region to cite, and it
expects the original article's mail headers to be present within this
region.  Note that Supercite @emph{never} touches any text outside this
region.  Note further that the region need not be active
for @code{sc-cite-original} to do its job.
@xref{Hints to MUA Authors}.@refill

The other step in the getting connected process is to make sure your
MUA calls @code{sc-cite-original} at the right time.  As mentioned

your Emacs maintainer has put Supercite into your dumped Emacs' image.
In that case, you can use the @code{sc-pre-hook} variable, but this will
get executed every time @code{sc-cite-original} is called.  @xref{Reply
Buffer Initialization}.@refill

@node  Replying and Yanking, Reply Buffer Initialization, Getting Connected, Top
@chapter Replying and Yanking
@ifinfo

This chapter explains what happens when you reply and yank an original
message from an MUA.

* Reply Buffer Initialization::
* Filling Cited Text::
@end menu
@end ifinfo
@node  Reply Buffer Initialization, Filling Cited Text, Replying and Yanking, Replying and Yanking
@findex sc-cite-original
@findex cite-original (sc-)
@section Reply Buffer Initialization

Executing @code{sc-cite-original} performs the following steps as it
initializes the reply buffer:

@enumerate
@item

for completeness and backward compatibility. Perhaps it could be used to
reset certain variables set in @code{sc-pre-hook}.@refill
@end enumerate

@node  Filling Cited Text, Selecting an Attribution, Reply Buffer Initialization, Replying and Yanking
@cindex filling paragraphs
@vindex sc-auto-fill-region-p
@vindex auto-fill-region-p (sc-)
@cindex filladapt
@cindex gin-mode
@findex sc-setup-filladapt
@findex setup-filladapt (sc-)
@vindex sc-load-hook
@vindex load-hook (sc-)
@section Filling Cited Text

Supercite will automatically fill newly cited text from the original
message unless the variable @code{sc-auto-fill-region-p} has a
@code{nil} value.  Supercite will also re-fill paragraphs when you
manually cite or re-cite text.

have been widespread complaints on the net about mail and news messages
containing lines greater than about 72 characters.  So the default is to
fill cited text.

@node  Selecting an Attribution, Attribution Preferences, Filling Cited Text, Top
@cindex attribution list
@vindex sc-preferred-attribution-list
@vindex preferred-attribution-list (sc-)
@chapter Selecting an Attribution

As you know, the attribution string is the part of the author's name
that will be used to composed a non-nested citation string. Supercite
scans the various mail headers present in the original article and uses
a number of heuristics to extract strings which it puts into the
@dfn{attribution association list} or @dfn{attribution alist}. This is

* Author Names::
@end menu
@end ifinfo

@node  Attribution Preferences, Anonymous Attributions, Selecting an Attribution, Selecting an Attribution
@section Attribution Preferences

When you cite an original message, you can tell Supercite which part of
the author's name you would prefer it to use as the attribution.  The
variable @code{sc-preferred-attribution-list} controls this; it contains
keys which are matched against the attribution alist in the given order.
The first value of a key that produces a non-@code{nil}, non-empty

what nickname they would prefer to use, and you can set up this list to
match against a specific mail field, e.g., @samp{From:@:}, allowing you
to cite your friend's message with the appropriate attribution.

@node  Anonymous Attributions, Author Names, Attribution Preferences, Selecting an Attribution
@vindex sc-default-author-name
@vindex default-author-name (sc-)
@vindex sc-default-attribution
@vindex default-attribution (sc-)
@section Anonymous Attributions

When the author's name cannot be found in the @samp{From:@:} mail
header, a fallback author name and attribution string must be supplied.
The fallback author name is contained in the variable
@code{sc-default-author-name} and the fallback attribution string is
contained in the variable @code{sc-default-attribution}.  Default values

to override any automatically derived attribution string when it is only
one character long; e.g. you prefer to use @code{"initials"} but the
author only has one name.@refill

@node  Author Names, Configuring the Citation Engine, Anonymous Attributions, Selecting an Attribution
@cindex author names
@section Author Names

Supercite employs a number of heuristics to decipher the author's name
based on value of the @samp{From:@:} mail field of the original message.
Supercite can recognize almost all of the common @samp{From:@:} field
formats in use.  If you encounter a @samp{From:@:} field that Supercite
cannot parse, please report this bug using @kbd{M-x report-emacs-bug}.

@vindex sc-titlecue-regexp
@vindex titlecue-regexp (sc-)
There are a number of Supercite variables that control how author names
are extracted from the @samp{From:@:} header.  Some headers may contain a

@code{last} or @code{any}.  @code{last} always matches against the last
word in the name field, while @code{any} matches against every word in
the name field.

@node  Configuring the Citation Engine, Using Regi, Author Names, Top
@cindex Regi
@cindex frames (Regi)
@cindex entries (Regi)
@chapter Configuring the Citation Engine

At the heart of Supercite is a regular expression interpreting engine
called @dfn{Regi}.  Regi operates by interpreting a data structure
called a Regi-frame (or just @dfn{frame}), which is a list of
Regi-entries (or just @dfn{entry}).  Each entry contains a predicate,
typically a regular expression, which is matched against a line of text

Supercite to recognize such things as uuencoded messages or C code and
cite or fill those differently than normal text.  None of this is
currently part of Supercite, but contributions are welcome!

@node  Using Regi, Frames You Can Customize, Configuring the Citation Engine, Configuring the Citation Engine
@findex regi-interpret
@findex eval
@findex looking-at
@section Using Regi

Regi works by interpreting frames with the function
@code{regi-interpret}.  A frame is a list of arbitrary size where each
element is a entry of the following form:

@example

@item curentry
The current frame entry being interpreted.
@end table

@node  Frames You Can Customize, Post-yank Formatting Commands, Using Regi, Configuring the Citation Engine
@vindex sc-nuke-mail-header
@section Frames You Can Customize

As mentioned earlier, Supercite uses various frames to perform
certain jobs such as mail header information extraction and mail header
nuking.  However, these frames are not available for you to customize,
except through abstract interfaces such as @code{sc-nuke-mail-header},
et al.

When Supercite is about to cite, uncite, or recite a region, it consults
the appropriate alist and attempts to find a frame to use.  If one
is not found from the alist, then the appropriate default frame is used.

@node  Post-yank Formatting Commands, Citing Commands, Frames You Can Customize, Top
@vindex sc-mode-map-prefix
@vindex mode-map-prefix (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p
@chapter Post-yank Formatting Commands

Once the original message has been yanked into the reply buffer, and
@code{sc-cite-original} has had a chance to do its thing, a number of
useful Supercite commands will be available to you. Since there is wide
variety in the keymaps that MUAs set up in their reply buffers, it is
next to impossible for Supercite to properly sprinkle its commands into

* Miscellaneous Commands::
@end menu
@end ifinfo

@node   Citing Commands, Insertion Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@vindex sc-cite-region-limit
@section Commands to Manually Cite, Recite, and Uncite

Probably the three most common post-yank formatting operations that you
will perform will be the manual citing, reciting, and unciting of
regions of text in the reply buffer. Often you may want to recite a
paragraph to use a nickname, or manually cite a message when setting
@code{sc-cite-region-limit} to @code{nil}.  The following commands
perform these functions on the region of text between @samp{point} and
@samp{mark}.  Each of them sets the @dfn{undo boundary} before modifying
the region so that the command can be undone in the standard Emacs
way.@refill

Here is the list of Supercite citing commands:

@table @asis
@findex sc-cite-region

@vindex pre-cite-hook (sc-)
@vindex sc-confirm-always-p
@vindex confirm-always-p
@kindex C-u
@item @code{sc-cite-region} (@kbd{C-c C-p c})
This command cites each line in the region of text by interpreting the
selected frame from @code{sc-cite-frame-alist}, or the default citing
frame @code{sc-default-cite-frame}.  It runs the hook
@code{sc-pre-cite-hook} before interpreting the frame.  With an optional
universal argument (@kbd{C-u}), it temporarily sets

@findex sc-uncite-region
@findex uncite-region (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p u
@item @code{sc-uncite-region} (@kbd{C-c C-p u})
This command removes any citation strings from the beginning of each
cited line in the region by interpreting the selected frame from
@code{sc-uncite-frame-alist}, or the default unciting frame
@code{sc-default-uncite-frame}.  It runs the hook
@code{sc-pre-uncite-hook} before interpreting the frame.

@findex sc-recite-region
@findex recite-region (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p r
@item @code{sc-recite-region} (@kbd{C-c C-p r})
This command recites each line the region by interpreting the selected
frame from @code{sc-recite-frame-alist}, or the default reciting frame
@code{sc-default-recite-frame}. It runs the hook
@code{sc-pre-recite-hook} before interpreting the frame.
@xref{Configuring the Citation Engine}.@refill

Supercite will always ask you to confirm the attribution when reciting a
region, regardless of the value of @code{sc-confirm-always-p}.
@end table

@node  Insertion Commands, Variable Toggling Shortcuts, Citing Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@section Insertion Commands

These two functions insert various strings into the reply buffer.

@table @asis
@findex sc-insert-reference
@findex insert-reference (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p w
@item @code{sc-insert-reference} (@kbd{C-c C-p w})
@vindex sc-preferred-header-style
@vindex preferred-header-style (sc-)
Inserts a reference header into the reply buffer at @samp{point}.  With
no arguments, the header indexed by @code{sc-preferred-header-style} is
inserted. An optional numeric argument is the index into

@findex sc-insert-citation
@findex insert-citation (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p i
@item @code{sc-insert-citation} (@kbd{C-c C-p i})
Inserts the current citation string at the beginning of the line that
@samp{point} is on.  If the line is already cited, Supercite will issue
an error and will not cite the line.
@end table

@node  Variable Toggling Shortcuts, Mail Field Commands, Insertion Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@cindex toggling variables
@section Variable Toggling Shortcuts

Supercite defines a number of commands that make it easier for you to
toggle and set various Supercite variables as you are editing the reply
buffer.  For example, you may want to turn off filling or whitespace
cleanup, but only temporarily.  These toggling shortcut commands make
this easy to do.

Finally, the command @kbd{C-c C-p C-t h} (also @kbd{C-c C-p C-t ?})
brings up a Help message on the toggling keymap.


@node  Mail Field Commands, Miscellaneous Commands, Variable Toggling Shortcuts, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@section Mail Field Commands

These commands allow you to view, modify, add, and delete various bits
of information from the info alist.
@xref{Information Keys and the Info Alist}.@refill

@table @asis
@kindex C-c C-p f
@findex sc-mail-field-query
@findex mail-field-query (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p f
@item @code{sc-mail-field-query} (@kbd{C-c C-p f})
Allows you to interactively view, modify, add, and delete info alist
key-value pairs.  With no argument, you are prompted (with completion)
for a info key.  The value associated with that key is displayed in the
minibuffer.  With an argument, this command will first ask if you want
to view, modify, add, or delete an info key. Viewing is identical to

If you want to modify the value of a key, Supercite will first prompt
you (with completion) for the key of the value you want to change.  It
will then put you in the minibuffer with the key's current value so you
can edit the value as you wish.  When you hit @key{RET}, the key's value
is changed.  Minibuffer history is kept for the values.

If you choose to delete a key-value pair, Supercite will prompt you (with
completion) for the key to delete.

If you choose to add a new key-value pair, Supercite firsts prompts you

@findex sc-mail-process-headers
@findex mail-process-headers (sc-)
@kindex C-c C-p g
@item @code{sc-mail-process-headers} (@kbd{C-c C-p g})
This command lets you re-initialize Supercite's info alist from any set
of mail headers in the region between @samp{point} and @samp{mark}.
This function is especially useful for replying to digest messages where
Supercite will initially set up its information for the digest
originator, but you want to cite each component article with the real
message author.  Note that unless an error during processing occurs, any
old information is lost.@refill
@end table

@node  Miscellaneous Commands, Information Keys and the Info Alist, Mail Field Commands, Post-yank Formatting Commands
@section Miscellaneous Commands

@table @asis
@findex sc-open-line
@findex open-line (sc-)
@findex open-line
@kindex C-c C-p o
@item @code{sc-open-line} (@kbd{C-c C-p o})
Similar to Emacs' standard @code{open-line} commands, but inserts the
citation string in front of the new line.  As with @code{open-line},
an optional numeric argument inserts that many new lines.@refill
@end table

@node  Hints to MUA Authors, Thanks and History, Electric References, Top
@chapter Hints to MUA Authors

In June of 1989, some discussion was held between the various MUA
authors, the Supercite author, and other Supercite users. These
discussions centered around the need for a standard interface between
MUAs and Supercite (or any future Supercite-like packages).  This
interface was formally proposed by Martin Neitzel on Fri, 23 Jun 89, in

@vindex mail-citation-hook
@vindex mail-yank-hooks
@cindex sendmail.el
@findex mail-yank-original
@findex defvar
This specification was adopted, but underwent a slight modification with
the release of Emacs 19.  Instead of the variable
@code{mail-yank-hooks}, the hook variable that the MUA should provide is
@code{mail-citation-hook}.  Richard Stallman suggests that the MUAs
should @code{defvar} @code{mail-citation-hook} to @code{nil} and perform
some default citing when that is the case.@refill

If you are writing a new MUA package, or maintaining an existing MUA
package, you should make it conform to this interface so that your users
will be able to link Supercite easily and seamlessly. To do this, when
setting up a reply or forward buffer, your MUA should follow these

header in the body of the reply. Set @samp{mark} at the end of the
message text.  It is very important that the region be set around the
text Supercite is to modify and that the mail headers are within this
region.  Supercite will not venture outside the region for any reason,
and anything within the region is fair game, so don't put anything that
@strong{must} remain unchanged inside the region.@refill

@item
Run the hook @code{mail-citation-hook}. You will probably want to
provide some kind of default citation functions in cases where the user
does not have Supercite installed.  By default, your MUA should

default citing behavior.  User who want to connect to Supercite then
need only add @code{sc-cite-original} to this list of hooks using
@code{add-hook}.@refill
@end enumerate

If you do all this your MUA will join the ranks of those that conform to
this interface ``out of the box.''

@node Thanks and History, GNU Free Documentation License, Hints to MUA Authors, Top
@chapter Thanks and History

The Supercite package was derived from its predecessor Superyank 1.11
which was inspired by various bits of code and ideas from Martin Neitzel
and Ashwin Ram. They were the folks who came up with the idea of
non-nested citations and implemented some rough code to provide this
style. Superyank and Supercite version 2 evolved to the point where much
of the attribution selection mechanism was automatic, and features have
been continuously added through the comments and suggestions of the
Supercite mailing list participants.

With version 3, Supercite underwent an almost complete rewrite,
benefitting in a number of ways, including vast improvements in the
speed of performance, a big reduction in size of the code and in the use
of Emacs resources, and a much cleaner and flexible internal
architecture.  Most of this work was internal and not of very great
importance to the casual user.  There were some changes at the
user-visible level, but for the most part, the Supercite configuration
variables from version 2 should still be relevant to version 3.
Hopefully Supercite version 3 is faster, smaller, and much more flexible
than its predecessors.

In the version 2 manual I thanked some specific people for their help in
developing Supercite 2.  You folks know who you are and your continued
support is greatly appreciated.  I wish to thank everyone on the
Supercite mailing list, especially the brave alpha testers, who helped

to a quick agreement on the new @code{mail-citation-hook} interface, and
for adding the magic lisp to their code to support this.

All who have helped and contributed have been greatly appreciated.

Supercite was written by Barry Warsaw.

@node GNU Free Documentation License, Concept Index, Thanks and History, Top
@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
@include doclicense.texi

@node  Concept Index, Command Index, GNU Free Documentation License, Top
@unnumbered Concept Index
@printindex cp

@node  Command Index, Key Index, Concept Index, Top
@unnumbered Command Index
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Since all supercite commands are prepended with the string

@sp 2
@end iftex
@printindex fn

@node  Key Index, Variable Index, Command Index, Top
@unnumbered Key Index
@printindex ky

@node Variable Index,  , Key Index, Top
@unnumbered Variable Index
@ifinfo

@end ifinfo
Since all supercite variables are prepended with the string