# HG changeset patch
# User Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
# Date 614303726 0
# Node ID ce5567c47b8fad2e448ae5a92863e70e7bcb821c
# Parent  f60b88b46f97e404b9e66b8b3de41759e7ac602b
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diff -r f60b88b46f97 -r ce5567c47b8f lisp/=superyank.el
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+;; superyank.el -- Version 1.1
+;;
+;; Inserts the message being replied to with various user controlled
+;; citation styles.
+;;
+
+;; This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.  No author or distributor
+;; accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it
+;; or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all,
+;; unless he says so in writing.  Refer to the GNU Emacs General Public
+;; License for full details.
+
+;; Everyone is granted permission to copy, modify and redistribute
+;; this file, but only under the conditions described in the
+;; GNU Emacs General Public License.   A copy of this license is
+;; supposed to have been given to you along with GNU Emacs so you
+;; can know your rights and responsibilities.  It should be in a
+;; file named COPYING.  Among other things, the copyright notice
+;; and this notice must be preserved on all copies.
+
+;; NAME: Barry A. Warsaw                USMAIL: National Institute of Standards
+;; TELE: (301) 975-3460                         and Technology (formerly NBS)
+;; UUCP: {...}!uunet!cme-durer!warsaw           Rm. B-124, Bldg. 220
+;; ARPA: warsaw@cme.nist.gov                    Gaithersburg, MD 20899
+
+;; Modification history:
+;;
+;; modified: 14-Jun-1989 baw (better keymap set procedure, rewrite-headers)
+;; modified: 12-Jun-1989 baw (added defvar for sy-use-only-preference-p)
+;; modified:  6-Jun-1989 baw (better sy-rewrite-headers, no kill/yank)
+;; modified:  5-Jun-1989 baw (requires rnewspost.el)
+;; modified:  1-Jun-1989 baw (persistent attribution, sy-open-line)
+;; modified: 31-May-1989 baw (fixed some gnus problems, id'd another)
+;; modified: 22-May-1989 baw (documentation)
+;; modified:  8-May-1989 baw (auto filling of regions)
+;; modified:  1-May-1989 baw (documentation)
+;; modified: 27-Apr-1989 baw (new preference scheme)
+;; modified: 24-Apr-1989 baw (remove gnus headers, attrib scheme, cite lines)
+;; modified: 19-Apr-1989 baw (cite key, fill p, yank region, naming scheme)
+;; modified: 12-Apr-1989 baw (incorp other mail yank features seen on net)
+;; created : 16-Feb-1989 baw (mod vanilla fn indent-rigidly mail-yank-original)
+
+;; Though I wrote this package basically from scratch, as an elisp
+;; learning exercise, it was inspired by postings of similar packages to
+;; the gnu.emacs newsgroup over the past month or so.
+;;
+;; Here's a brief history of how this package developed:
+;;
+;; I as well as others on the net were pretty unhappy about the way emacs
+;; cited replies with the tab or 4 spaces.  It looked ugly and made it hard
+;; to distinguish between original and cited lines.  I hacked on the function
+;; yank-original to at least give the user the ability to define the citation
+;; character.  I posted this simple hack, and others did as well.  The main
+;; difference between mine and others was that a space was put after the
+;; citation string on on new citations, but not after previously cited lines:
+;;
+;; >> John wrote this originally
+;; > Jane replied to that
+;;
+;; Then Martin Neitzel posted some code that he developed, derived in part
+;; from code that Ashwin Ram posted previous to that.  In Martin's
+;; posting, he introduced a new, and (IMHO) superior, citation style,
+;; eliminating nested citations.  Yes, I wanted to join the Small-But-
+;; Growing-Help-Stamp-Out-Nested-Citation-Movement! You should too.
+;;
+;; But Martin's code simply asks the user for the citation string (here
+;; after called the `attribution' string), and I got to thinking, it wouldn't
+;; be that difficult to automate that part.  So I started hacking this out.
+;; It proved to be not as simple as I first thought.  But anyway here it
+;; is.  See the wish list below for future plans (if I have time).
+;;
+;; Type "C-h f mail-yank-original" after this package is loaded to get a
+;; description of what it does and the variables that control it.
+;;
+;; ======================================================================
+;;
+;; Changes wish list
+;;
+;; 1) C-x C-s yanks a region from the RMAIL buffer instead of the
+;;    whole buffer
+;;
+;; 2) reparse nested citations to try to recast as non-nested citations
+;;    perhaps by checking the References: line
+;;
+;; ======================================================================
+;;
+;; require and provide features
+;;
+(require 'sendmail)
+(provide 'superyank)
+
+;;
+;; ======================================================================
+;;
+;; don't need rnewspost.el to rewrite the header.  This only works
+;; with diffs to rnewspost.el that I posted with the original
+;; superyank code.
+;;
+(setq news-reply-header-hook nil)
+
+;; **********************************************************************
+;; start of user defined variables
+;; **********************************************************************
+;;
+;; this section defines variables that control the operation of
+;; super-mail-yank.  Most of these are described in the comment section
+;; as well as the DOCSTRING.
+;;
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; this variable holds the default author's name for citations
+;;
+(defvar sy-default-attribution "Anon"
+  "String that describes attribution to unknown person. This string
+should not contain the citation string.")
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; string used as an end delimiter for both nested and non-nested citations
+;;
+(defvar sy-citation-string ">"
+  "String to use as an end-delimiter for citations.  This string is
+used in both nested and non-nested citations.  For best results, use a
+single character with no trailing space.  Most commonly used string
+is: \">\.")
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; variable controlling citation type, nested or non-nested
+;;
+(defvar sy-nested-citation-p nil
+  "Non-nil uses nested citations, nil uses non-nested citations.
+Nested citations are of the style:
+
+I wrote this
+> He wrote this
+>> She replied to something he wrote
+
+Non-nested citations are of the style:
+
+I wrote this
+John> He wrote this
+Jane> She originally wrote this")
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; regular expression that matches existing citations
+;;
+(defvar sy-cite-regexp "[a-zA-Z0-9]*>"
+  "Regular expression that describes how an already cited line in an
+article begins.  The regexp is only used at the beginning of a line,
+so it doesn't need to begin with a '^'.")
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; regular expression that delimits names from titles in the field that
+;; looks like:   (John X. Doe -- Computer Hacker Extraordinaire)
+;;
+(defvar sy-titlecue-regexp "\\s +-+\\s +"
+  
+  "Regular expression that delineates names from titles in the name
+field.  Often, people will set up their name field to look like this:
+
+(John Xavier Doe -- Computer Hacker Extraordinaire)
+
+Set to nil to treat entire field as a name.")
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;;
+(defvar sy-preferred-attribution 2
+  
+  "This is an integer indicating what the user's preference is in
+attribution style, based on the following key:
+
+0: email address name is preferred
+1: initials are preferred
+2: first name is preferred
+3: last name is preferred
+
+The value of this variable may also be greater than 3, which would
+allow you to prefer the 2nd through nth - 1 name.  If the preferred
+attribution is nil or the empty string, then the secondary preferrence
+will be the first name.  After that, the entire name alist is search
+until a non-empty, non-nil name is found.  If no such name is found,
+then the user is either queried or the default attribution string is
+used depending on the value of sy-confirm-always-p.
+
+Examples:
+
+assume the from: line looks like this:
+
+from: doe@computer.some.where.com (John Xavier Doe)
+
+The following preferences would return these strings:
+
+0: \"doe\"
+1: \"JXD\"
+2: \"John\"
+3: \"Doe\"
+4: \"Xavier\"
+
+anything else would return \"John\".")
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+(defvar sy-confirm-always-p t
+  "If t, always confirm attribution string before inserting into
+buffer.")
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; informative header hook
+;;
+(defvar sy-rewrite-header-hook 'sy-header-on-said
+  "Hook for inserting informative header at the top of the yanked
+message. Set to nil for no header.  Here is a list of predefined
+header styles; you can use these as a model to write you own:
+
+sy-header-on-said [default]:   On 14-Jun-1989 GMT,
+                               John Xavier Doe said:
+
+sy-header-inarticle-writes:    In article <123456789> John Xavier Doe writes:
+
+sy-header-regarding-writes:    Regarding RE: superyank; John Xavier Doe adds:
+
+sy-header-verbose:             On 14-Jun-1989 GMT, John Xavier Doe
+                               from the organization Great Company
+                               has this to say about article <123456789>
+                               in newsgroups misc.misc
+                               concerning RE: superyank
+                               referring to previous articles <987654321>
+
+You can use the following variables as information strings in your header:
+
+sy-reply-yank-date:         the date field              [ex: 14-Jun-1989 GMT]
+sy-reply-yank-from:         the from field              [ex: John Xavier Doe]
+sy-reply-yank-message-id:   the message id              [ex: <123456789>]
+sy-reply-yank-subject:      the subject line            [ex: RE: superyank]
+sy-reply-yank-newsgroup:    the newsgroup name for GNUS [ex: misc.misc]
+sy-reply-yank-references:   the article references      [ex: <987654321>]
+sy-reply-yank-organization: the author's organization   [ex: Great Company]
+
+If a field can't be found, because it doesn't exist or is not being
+shown, perhaps because of toggle-headers, the corresponding field
+variable will contain the string \"mumble mumble\".")
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; non-nil means downcase the author's name string
+;;
+(defvar sy-downcase-p nil
+  "Non-nil means downcase the author's name string.")
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; controls removal of leading white spaces
+;;
+(defvar sy-left-justify-p nil
+  "If non-nil, delete all leading white space before citing.")
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; controls auto filling of region
+;;
+(defvar sy-auto-fill-region-p nil
+  "If non-nil, automatically fill each paragraph that is cited.  If
+nil, do not auto fill each paragraph.")
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; controls use of preferred attribution only, or use of attribution search
+;; scheme if the preferred attrib can't be found.
+;;
+(defvar sy-use-only-preference-p nil
+  
+  "If non-nil, then only the preferred attribution string will be
+used.  If the preferred attribution string can not be found, then the
+sy-default-attribution will be used.  If nil, and the preferred
+attribution string is not found, then some secondary scheme will be
+employed to find a suitable attribution string.")
+
+;; **********************************************************************
+;; end of user defined variables
+;; **********************************************************************
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; The new citation style means we can clean out other headers in addition
+;; to those previously cleaned out.  Anyway, we create our own headers.
+;; Also, we want to clean out any headers that gnus puts in.  Add to this
+;; for other mail or news readers you may be using.
+;;
+(setq mail-yank-ignored-headers "^via:\\|^origin:\\|^status:\\|^re\\(mail\\|ceiv\\)ed\\|^[a-z-]*message-id:\\|^\\(summary-\\)?line[s]?:\\|^cc:\\|^subject:\\|^\\(\\(in-\\)?reply-\\)?to:\\|^\\(\\(return\\|reply\\)-\\)?path:\\|^\\(posted-\\)?date:\\|^\\(mail-\\)?from:\\|^newsgroup[s]?:\\|^organization:\\|^keywords:\\|^distribution:\\|^references:")
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; global variables, not user accessable
+;;
+(setq sy-persist-attribution (concat sy-default-attribution "> "))
+(setq sy-reply-yank-date "")
+(setq sy-reply-yank-from "")
+(setq sy-reply-yank-message-id "")
+(setq sy-reply-yank-subject "")
+(setq sy-reply-yank-newsgroups "")
+(setq sy-reply-yank-references "")
+(setq sy-reply-yank-organization "")
+
+;;
+;; ======================================================================
+;;
+;; This section contains primitive functions used in the schemes.  They
+;; extract name fields from various parts of the "from:" field based on
+;; the control variables described above.
+;;
+;; Some will use recursion to pick out the correct namefield in the namestring
+;; or the list of initials.  These functions all scan a string that contains
+;; the name, ie:  "John Xavier Doe".  There is no limit on the number of names
+;; in the string.  Also note that all white spaces are basically ignored and
+;; are stripped from the returned strings, and titles are ignored if 
+;; sy-titlecue-regexp is set to non-nil.
+;;
+;; Others will use methods to try to extract the name from the email
+;; address of the originator.  The types of addresses readable are
+;; described above.
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; try to extract the name from an email address of the form
+;; name%[stuff]
+;;
+;; Unlike the get-name functions above, these functions operate on the
+;; buffer instead of a supplied name-string.
+;;
+(defun sy-%-style-address ()
+  (beginning-of-line)
+  (buffer-substring
+   (progn (re-search-forward "%" (point-max) t)
+	  (if (not (bolp)) (forward-char -1))
+	  (point))
+   (progn (re-search-backward "^\\|[^a-zA-Z0-9]")
+	  (point))))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; try to extract names from addresses with the form:
+;; [stuff]name@[stuff]
+;;
+(defun sy-@-style-address ()
+  (beginning-of-line)
+  (buffer-substring
+   (progn (re-search-forward "@" (point-max) t)
+	  (if (not (bolp)) (forward-char -1))
+	  (point))
+   (progn (re-search-backward "^\\|[^a-zA-Z0-0]")
+	  (if (not (bolp)) (forward-char 1))
+	  (point))))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; try to extract the name from addresses with the form:
+;; [stuff]![stuff]...!name[stuff]
+;;
+(defun sy-!-style-address ()
+  (beginning-of-line)
+  (buffer-substring
+   (progn (while (re-search-forward "!" (point-max) t))
+	  (point))
+   (progn (re-search-forward "[^a-zA-Z0-9]\\|$")
+	  (if (not (eolp)) (forward-char -1))
+	  (point))))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; using the different email name schemes, try each one until you get a
+;; non-nil entry
+;;
+(defun sy-get-emailname ()
+  (let ((en1 (sy-%-style-address))
+	(en2 (sy-@-style-address))
+	(en3 (sy-!-style-address)))
+    (cond
+     ((not (string-equal en1 "")) en1)
+     ((not (string-equal en2 "")) en2)
+     ((not (string-equal en3 "")) en3)
+     (t ""))))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; returns the "car" of the namestring, really the first namefield
+;;
+;; (sy-string-car "John Xavier Doe")
+;; => "John"
+;;
+(defun sy-string-car (namestring)
+  (substring namestring
+	     (progn (string-match "\\s *" namestring) (match-end 0))
+	     (progn (string-match "\\s *\\S +" namestring) (match-end 0))))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; returns the "cdr" of the namestring, really the whole string from
+;; after the first name field to the end of the string.
+;;
+;; (sy-string-cdr "John Xavier Doe")
+;; => "Xavier Doe"
+;;
+(defun sy-string-cdr (namestring)
+  (substring namestring
+	     (progn (string-match "\\s *\\S +\\s *" namestring)
+		    (match-end 0))))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; convert a namestring to a list of namefields
+;;
+;; (sy-namestring-to-list "John Xavier Doe")
+;; => ("John" "Xavier" "Doe")
+;;
+(defun sy-namestring-to-list (namestring)
+  (if (not (string-match namestring ""))
+      (append (list (sy-string-car namestring))
+	      (sy-namestring-to-list (sy-string-cdr namestring)))))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; strip the initials from each item in the list and return a string
+;; that is the concatenation of the initials
+;;
+(defun sy-strip-initials (raw-nlist)
+  (if (not raw-nlist)
+      nil
+    (concat (substring (car raw-nlist) 0 1)
+	    (sy-strip-initials (cdr raw-nlist)))))
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; using the namestring, build a list which is in the following order
+;;
+;; (email, initials, firstname, lastname, name1, name2, name3 ... nameN-1)
+;;
+(defun sy-build-ordered-namelist (namestring)
+  (let* ((raw-nlist (sy-namestring-to-list namestring))
+	 (initials (sy-strip-initials raw-nlist))
+	 (firstname (car raw-nlist))
+	 (revnames (reverse (cdr raw-nlist)))
+	 (lastname (car revnames))
+	 (midnames (reverse (cdr revnames)))
+	 (emailnames (sy-get-emailname)))
+    (append (list emailnames)
+	    (list initials)
+	    (list firstname)
+	    (list lastname)
+	    midnames)))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; Query the user for the attribution string.  Supply sy-default-attribution
+;; as the default choice.
+;;
+(defun sy-query-for-attribution ()
+  (concat 
+   (let* ((prompt (concat "Enter attribution string: (default "
+			  sy-default-attribution
+			  ") "))
+	  (query (read-input prompt))
+	  (attribution (if (string-equal query "")
+			   sy-default-attribution
+			 query)))
+     (if sy-downcase-p
+	 (downcase attribution)
+       attribution))
+   sy-citation-string))
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; parse the current line for the namestring
+;;
+(defun sy-get-namestring ()
+  (save-restriction
+    (beginning-of-line)
+    (if (re-search-forward "(.*)" (point-max) t)
+	(let ((start (progn
+		       (beginning-of-line)
+		       (re-search-forward "\\((\\s *\\)\\|$" (point-max) t)
+		       (point)))
+	      (end (progn
+		     (re-search-forward
+		      (concat "\\(\\s *\\()\\|" sy-titlecue-regexp "\\)\\)\\|$")
+		      (point-max) t)
+		     (point))))
+	  (narrow-to-region start end)
+	  (let ((start (progn
+			 (beginning-of-line)
+			 (point)))
+		(end (progn
+		       (end-of-line)
+		       (re-search-backward
+			(concat "\\s *\\()\\|" sy-titlecue-regexp "\\)$")
+			(point-min) t)
+		       (point))))
+	    (buffer-substring start end)))
+      (let ((start (progn
+		     (beginning-of-line)
+		     (re-search-forward "^\"*")
+		     (point)))
+	    (end (progn
+		   (re-search-forward "\\(\\s *[a-zA-Z0-9\\.]+\\)*"
+				      (point-max) t)
+		   (point))))
+	(buffer-substring start end)))))
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; scan the nlist and return the integer pointing to the first legal
+;; non-empty namestring.  Returns the integer pointing to the index
+;; in the nlist of the preferred namestring, or nil if no legal
+;; non-empty namestring could be found.
+;;
+(defun sy-return-preference-n (nlist)
+  (let ((p sy-preferred-attribution)
+	(exception nil))
+    ;;
+    ;; check to be sure the index is not out-of-bounds
+    ;;
+    (cond
+     ((< p 0) (setq p 2) (setq exception t))
+     ((not (nth p nlist)) (setq p 2) (setq exception t)))
+    ;;
+    ;; check to be sure that the explicit preference is not empty
+    ;;
+    (if (string-equal (nth p nlist) "")
+	(progn (setq p 0)
+	       (setq exception t)))
+    ;;
+    ;; find the first non-empty namestring
+    ;;
+    (while (and (nth p nlist)
+		(string-equal (nth p nlist) ""))
+      (setq exception t)
+      (setq p (+ p 1)))
+    ;;
+    ;; return the preference index if non-nil, otherwise nil
+    ;;
+    (if (or (and exception sy-use-only-preference-p)
+	    (not (nth p nlist)))
+	nil
+      p)))
+
+;;
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; rebuild the nlist into an alist for completing-read.  Use as a guide
+;; the index of the preferred name field.  Get the actual preferred
+;; name field base on other factors (see above).  If no actual preferred
+;; name field is found, then query the user for the attribution string.
+;;
+;; also note that the nlist is guaranteed to be non-empty.  At the very
+;; least it will consist of 4 empty strings ("" "" "" "")
+;; 
+(defun sy-nlist-to-alist (nlist)
+  (let ((preference (sy-return-preference-n nlist))
+	alist
+	(n 0))
+    ;;
+    ;; check to be sure preference is not nil
+    ;;
+    (if (not preference)
+	(setq alist (list (cons (sy-query-for-attribution) nil)))
+      ;;
+      ;; preference is non-nil
+      ;;
+      (setq alist (list (cons (nth preference nlist) nil)))
+      (while (nth n nlist)
+	(if (= n preference) nil
+	  (setq alist (append alist (list (cons (nth n nlist) nil)))))
+	(setq n (+ n 1))))
+    alist))
+
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; confirm if desired after the alist has been built
+;;
+(defun sy-get-attribution (alist)
+  (concat
+   ;;
+   ;; check to see if nested citations are to be used
+   ;;
+   (if sy-nested-citation-p
+       ""
+     ;;
+     ;; check to see if confirmation is needed
+     ;; if not, just return the preference (first element in alist)
+     ;;
+     (if (not sy-confirm-always-p)
+	 (car (car alist))
+       ;;
+       ;; confirmation is requested so build the prompt, confirm
+       ;; and return the chosen string
+       ;;
+       (let* (ignore
+	      (prompt (concat "Complete attribution string: (default "
+			      (car (car alist))
+			      ") "))
+	      ;;
+	      ;; set up the local completion keymap
+	      ;;
+	      (minibuffer-local-must-match-map
+	       (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
+		 (define-key map "?"    'minibuffer-completion-help)
+		 (define-key map " "    'minibuffer-complete-word)
+		 (define-key map "\t"   'minibuffer-complete)
+		 (define-key map "\00A" 'exit-minibuffer)
+		 (define-key map "\00D" 'exit-minibuffer)
+		 (define-key map "\007"
+		   '(lambda ()
+		      (interactive)
+		      (beep)
+		      (exit-minibuffer)))
+		 map))
+	      ;;
+	      ;; read the completion
+	      ;;
+	      (attribution (completing-read prompt alist))
+	      ;;
+	      ;; check attribution string for emptyness
+	      ;;
+	      (choice (if (or (not attribution)
+			      (string-equal attribution ""))
+			  (car (car alist))
+			attribution)))
+	 
+	 (if sy-downcase-p
+	     (downcase choice)
+	   choice))))
+   sy-citation-string))
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; this function will scan the current rmail buffer, narrowing it to the
+;; from: line, then using this, it will try to decipher some names from
+;; that line.  It will then build the name alist and try to confirm
+;; its choice of attribution strings.  It returns the chosen attribution
+;; string.
+;;
+(defun sy-scan-rmail-for-names (rmailbuffer)
+  (save-excursion
+    (let ((case-fold-search t)
+	  alist
+	  attribution)
+      (switch-to-buffer rmailbuffer)
+      (goto-char (point-min))
+      ;;
+      ;; be sure there is a from: line
+      ;;
+      (if (not (re-search-forward "^from:\\s *" (point-max) t))
+	  (setq attribution (sy-query-for-attribution))
+	;;
+	;; if there is a from: line, then scan the narrow the buffer,
+	;; grab the namestring, and build the alist, then using this
+	;; get the attribution string.
+	;;
+	(save-restriction
+	  (narrow-to-region (point)
+			    (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
+	  (let* ((namestring (sy-get-namestring))
+		 (nlist (sy-build-ordered-namelist namestring)))
+	    (setq alist (sy-nlist-to-alist nlist))))
+	;;
+	;; we've built the alist, now confirm the attribution choice
+	;; if appropriate
+	;;
+	(setq attribution (sy-get-attribution alist)))
+      attribution)))
+
+
+;;
+;; ======================================================================
+;;
+;; the following function insert of citations, writing of headers, filling
+;; paragraphs and general higher level operations
+;;
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; insert a nested citation
+;;
+(defun sy-insert-citation (start end cite-string)
+  (save-excursion
+    (goto-char end)
+    (setq end (point-marker))
+    (goto-char start)
+    (or (bolp)
+	(forward-line 1))
+    
+    (let ((fill-prefix (concat cite-string " "))
+	  (fstart (point))
+	  (fend (point)))
+      
+      (while (< (point) end)
+	;;
+	;; remove leading tabs if desired
+	;;
+	(if sy-left-justify-p
+	    (delete-region (point)
+			   (progn (skip-chars-forward " \t") (point))))
+	;;
+	;; check to see if the current line should be cited
+	;;
+	(if (or (eolp)
+		(looking-at sy-cite-regexp))
+	    ;;
+	    ;; do not cite this line unless nested-citations are to be 
+	    ;; used
+	    ;;
+	    (progn
+	      (or (eolp)
+		  (if sy-nested-citation-p
+		      (insert cite-string)))
+	      
+	      ;; set fill start and end points
+	      ;;
+	      (or (= fstart  fend)
+		  (not sy-auto-fill-region-p)
+		  (progn (goto-char fend)
+			 (or (not (eolp))
+			     (setq fend (+ fend 1)))
+			 (fill-region-as-paragraph fstart fend)))
+	      (setq fstart (point))
+	      (setq fend (point)))
+	  
+	  ;; else
+	  ;;
+	  (insert fill-prefix)
+	  (end-of-line)
+	  (setq fend (point)))
+	
+	(forward-line 1)))
+    (move-marker end nil)))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; yank a particular field into a holding variable
+;;
+(defun sy-yank-fields (start)
+  (save-excursion
+    (goto-char start)
+    (setq sy-reply-yank-date         (mail-fetch-field "date")
+	  sy-reply-yank-from         (mail-fetch-field "from")
+	  sy-reply-yank-subject      (mail-fetch-field "subject")
+	  sy-reply-yank-newsgroups   (mail-fetch-field "newsgroups")
+	  sy-reply-yank-references   (mail-fetch-field "references")
+	  sy-reply-yank-message-id   (mail-fetch-field "message-id")
+	  sy-reply-yank-organization (mail-fetch-field "organization"))
+    (or sy-reply-yank-date
+	(setq sy-reply-yank-date "mumble mumble"))
+    (or sy-reply-yank-from
+	(setq sy-reply-yank-from "mumble mumble"))
+    (or sy-reply-yank-subject
+	(setq sy-reply-yank-subject "mumble mumble"))
+    (or sy-reply-yank-newsgroups
+	(setq sy-reply-yank-newsgroups "mumble mumble"))
+    (or sy-reply-yank-references
+	(setq sy-reply-yank-references "mumble mumble"))
+    (or sy-reply-yank-message-id
+	(setq sy-reply-yank-message-id "mumble mumble"))
+    (or sy-reply-yank-organization
+	(setq sy-reply-yank-organization "mumble mumble"))))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; rewrite the header to be more conversational
+;;
+(defun sy-rewrite-headers (start)
+  (goto-char start)
+  (run-hooks 'sy-rewrite-header-hook))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; some different styles of headers
+;;
+(defun sy-header-on-said ()
+  (insert-string "\nOn " sy-reply-yank-date ",\n"
+		 sy-reply-yank-from " said:\n"))
+
+(defun sy-header-inarticle-writes ()
+  (insert-string "\nIn article " sy-reply-yank-message-id
+		 " " sy-reply-yank-from " writes:\n"))
+
+(defun sy-header-regarding-writes ()
+  (insert-string "\nRegarding " sy-reply-yank-subject
+		 "; " sy-reply-yank-from " adds:\n"))
+
+(defun sy-header-verbose ()
+  (insert-string "\nOn " sy-reply-yank-date ",\n"
+		 sy-reply-yank-from "\nfrom the organization "
+		 sy-reply-yank-organization "\nhad this to say about article "
+		 sy-reply-yank-message-id "\nin newsgroups "
+		 sy-reply-yank-newsgroups "\nconcerning "
+		 sy-reply-yank-subject "\nreferring to previous articles "
+		 sy-reply-yank-references "\n"))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; yank the original article in and attribute
+;;
+(defun sy-yank-original (arg)
+  
+  "Insert the message being replied to, if any (in rmail/gnus). Puts
+point before the text and mark after. Calls generalized citation
+function sy-insert-citation to cite all allowable lines."
+  
+  (interactive "P")
+  (if mail-reply-buffer
+      (let* ((sy-confirm-always-p (if (consp arg)
+				      t
+				    sy-confirm-always-p))
+	     (attribution (sy-scan-rmail-for-names mail-reply-buffer))
+	     (top (point))
+	     (start (point))
+	     (end (progn (delete-windows-on mail-reply-buffer)
+			 (insert-buffer mail-reply-buffer)
+			 (mark))))
+	
+	(sy-yank-fields start)
+	(sy-rewrite-headers start)
+	(setq start (point))
+	(mail-yank-clear-headers top (mark))
+	(setq sy-persist-attribution (concat attribution " "))
+	(sy-insert-citation start end attribution))
+    
+    (goto-char top)
+    (exchange-point-and-mark)))
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; this is here for compatibility with existing mail/news yankers
+;; overloads the default mail-yank-original
+;;
+(defun mail-yank-original (arg)
+  
+  "Yank original message buffer into the reply buffer, citing as per
+user preferences.  Numeric Argument forces confirmation.
+
+Here is a description of the superyank.el package, what it does and
+what variables control its operation.  This was written by Barry
+Warsaw (warsaw@cme.nist.gov, {...}!uunet!cme-durer!warsaw).
+
+A 'Citation' is the acknowledgement of the original author of a mail
+message.  There are two general forms of citation. In 'nested
+citations', indication is made that the cited line was written by
+someone *other* that the current message author (or by that author at
+an earlier time).  No indication is made as to the identity of the
+original author.  Thus, a nested citation after multiple replies would
+look like this (this is after my reply to a previous message):
+
+>>John originally wrote this
+>>and this as well
+> Jane said that John didn't know
+> what he was talking about
+And that's what I think as well.
+
+In non-nested citations, you won't see multiple \">\" characters at
+the beginning of the line.  Non-nested citations will insert an
+informative string at the beginning of a cited line, attributing that
+line to an author.  The same message described above might look like
+this if non-nested citations were used:
+
+John> John originally wrote this
+John> and this as well
+Jane> Jane said that John didn't know
+Jane> what he was talking about
+And that's what I think as well.
+
+Notice that my inclusion of Jane's inclusion of John's original
+message did not result in a cited line of the form: Jane>John>.  Thus
+no nested citations.  The style of citation is controlled by the
+variable `sy-nested-citation-p'.  Nil uses non-nested citations and
+non-nil uses old style, nested citations.
+
+The variable `sy-citation-string' is the string to use as a marker for
+a citation, either nested or non-nested.  For best results, this
+string should be a single character with no trailing space and is
+typically the character \">\".  In non-nested citations this string is
+appended to the attribution string (author's name), along with a
+trailing space.  In nested citations, a trailing space is only added
+to a first level citation.
+
+Another important variable is `sy-cite-regexp' which describes strings
+that indicate a previously cited line.  This regular expression is
+always used at the beginning of a line so it doesn't need to begin
+with a \"^\" character.  Change this variable if you change
+`sy-citation-string'.
+
+The following section only applies to non-nested citations.
+
+This package has a fair amount of intellegence related to deciphering
+the author's name based on information provided by the original
+message buffer.  In normal operation, the program will pick out the
+author's first and last names, initials, terminal email address and
+any other names it can find.  It will then pick an attribution string
+from this list based on a user defined preference and it will ask for
+confirmation if the user specifies.  This package gathers its
+information from the `From:' line of the original message buffer.  It
+recognizes From: lines with the following forms:
+
+From: John Xavier Doe <doe@speedy.computer.com>
+From: \"John Xavier Doe\" <doe@speedy.computer.com>
+From: doe@speedy.computer.com (John Xavier Doe)
+From: computer!speedy!doe (John Xavier Doe)
+From: computer!speedy!doe (John Xavier Doe)
+From: doe%speedy@computer.com (John Xavier Doe)
+
+In this case, if confirmation is requested, the following strings will
+be made available for completion and confirmation:
+
+\"John\"
+\"Xavier\"
+\"Doe\"
+\"JXD\"
+\"doe\"
+
+Note that completion is case sensitive.  If there was a problem
+picking out a From: line, or any other problem getting even a single
+name, then the user will be queried for an attribution string.  The
+default attribution string is set in the variable
+`sy-default-attribution'.
+
+Sometimes people set their name fields so that it also includes a
+title of the form:
+
+From: doe@speedy.computer.com (John Doe -- Hacker Extraordinaire)
+
+To avoid the inclusion of the string \"-- Hacker Extraordinaire\" in
+the name list, the variable `sy-titlecue-regexp' is provided.  Its
+default setting will still properly recognize names of the form:
+
+From: xdoe@speedy.computer.com (John Xavier-Doe -- Crazed Hacker)
+
+The variable `sy-preferred-attribution' contains an integer that
+indicates which name field the user prefers to use as the attribution
+string, based on the following key:
+
+0: email address name is preferred
+1: initials are preferred
+2: first name is preferred
+3: last name is preferred
+
+The value can be greater than 3, in which case, you would be
+preferring the 2nd throught nth -1 name.  In any case, if the
+preferred name can't be found, then one of two actions will be taken
+depending on the value of the variable `sy-use-only-preference-p'.  If
+this is non-nil, then the `sy-default-attribution will be used.  If it
+is nil, then a secondary scheme will be employed to find a suitable
+attribution scheme.  First, the author's first name will be used.  If
+that can't be found than the name list is searched for the first
+non-nil, non-empty name string.  If still no name can be found, then
+the user is either queried, or the `sy-default-attribution' is used,
+depending on the value of `sy-confirm-always-p'.
+
+If the variable `sy-confirm-always-p' is non-nil, superyank will always
+confirm the attribution string with the user before inserting it into
+the reply buffer.  Confirmation is with completion, but the completion
+list is merely a suggestion; the user can override the list by typing
+in a string of their choice.
+
+The variable `sy-rewrite-header-hook' is a hook that contains a lambda
+expression which rewrites the informative header at the top of the
+yanked message.  Set to nil to avoid writing any header.
+
+You can make superyank autofill each paragraph it cites by setting the
+variable `sy-auto-fill-region-p' to non-nil.  Or set the variable to nil
+and fill the paragraphs manually with sy-fill-paragraph-manually (see
+below).
+
+Finally, `sy-downcase-p' if non-nil, indicates that you always want to
+downcase the attribution string before insertion, and
+`sy-left-justify-p', if non-nil, indicates that you want to delete all
+leading white space before citing.
+
+Since the almost all yanking in other modes (RMAIL, GNUS) is done
+through the function `mail-yank-original', and since superyank
+overloads this function, cited yanking is automatically bound to the
+C-c C-y key.  There are three other smaller functions that are
+provided with superyank and they are bound as below.  Try C-h f on
+each function to get more information on these functions.
+
+Key Bindings:
+
+C-c C-y     mail-yank-original (superyank's version)
+C-c q       sy-fill-paragraph-manually
+C-c C-q     sy-fill-paragraph-manually
+C-c i       sy-insert-persist-attribution
+C-c C-i     sy-insert-persist-attribution
+C-c C-o     sy-open-line
+
+
+Summary of variables, with their default values:
+
+sy-default-attribution     (default: \"Anon\")
+           Attribution to use if no attribution string can be deciphered
+           from the original message buffer.
+
+sy-citation-string         (default: \">\")
+           String to append to the attribution string for citation, for
+           best results, it should be one character with no trailing space.
+
+sy-nested-citation-p       (default: nil)
+           Nil means use non-nested citations, non-nil means use old style
+           nested citations.
+
+sy-cite-regexp             (default: \"[a-zA-Z0-9]*>\")
+           Regular expression that matches the beginning of a previously
+           cited line.  Always used at the beginning of a line so it does
+           not need to start with a \"^\" character.
+
+sy-titlecue-regexp         (default: \"\\s +-+\\s +\")
+           Regular expression that matches a title delimiter in the name
+           field.
+
+sy-preferred-attribution   (default: 2)
+           Integer indicating user's preferred attribution field.
+
+sy-confirm-always-p        (default: t)
+           Non-nil says always confirm with completion before inserting
+           attribution.
+
+sy-rewrite-header-hook     (default: 'sy-header-on-said)
+           Hook for inserting informative header at the top of the yanked
+           message.
+
+sy-downcase-p              (default: nil)
+           Non-nil says downcase the attribution string before insertion.
+
+sy-left-justify-p          (default: nil)
+           Non-nil says delete leading white space before citing.
+  
+sy-auto-fill-region-p      (default: nil)
+           Non-nil says don't auto fill the region.  T says auto fill the
+           paragraph.
+
+sy-use-only-preference-p   (default: nil)
+           If nil, use backup scheme when preferred attribution string
+           can't be found.  If non-nil and preferred attribution string
+           can't be found, then use sy-default-attribution."
+  
+  (interactive "P")
+  
+  (local-set-key "\C-cq"    'sy-fill-paragraph-manually)
+  (local-set-key "\C-c\C-q" 'sy-fill-paragraph-manually)
+  (local-set-key "\C-c\i"   'sy-insert-persist-attribution)
+  (local-set-key "\C-c\C-i" 'sy-insert-persist-attribution)
+  (local-set-key "\C-c\C-o" 'sy-open-line)
+  
+  (sy-yank-original arg))
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; based on Bruce Israel's "fill-paragraph-properly", and modified from
+;; code posted by David C. Lawrence.  Modified to use the persistant
+;; attribution if none could be found from the paragraph.
+;;
+(defun sy-fill-paragraph-manually (arg)
+  "Fill paragraph containing or following point, automatically finding
+the sy-cite-regexp and using it as the prefix.  If the sy-cite-regexp
+is not in the first line of the paragraph, it makes a guess at what
+the fill-prefix for the paragraph should be by looking at the first
+line and taking anything up to the first alphanumeric character.
+
+Prefix arg means justify both sides of paragraph as well.
+
+This function just does fill-paragraph if the fill-prefix is set. If
+what it deduces to be the paragraph prefix (based on the first line)
+does not precede each line in the region, then the persistant
+attribution is used.  The persistant attribution is just the last
+attribution string used to cite lines."
+  
+  (interactive "P")
+  (save-excursion
+    (forward-paragraph)
+    (or (bolp)
+	(newline 1))
+    
+    (let ((end (point))
+	  st
+	  (fill-prefix fill-prefix))
+      (backward-paragraph)
+      (if (looking-at "\n")
+	  (forward-char 1))
+      (setq st (point))
+      (if fill-prefix
+	  nil
+	(untabify st end) ;; die, scurvy tabs!
+	;;
+        ;; untabify might have made the paragraph longer character-wise,
+        ;; make sure end reflects the correct location of eop.
+	;;
+        (forward-paragraph)
+	(setq end (point))
+        (goto-char st)
+        (if (looking-at sy-cite-regexp)
+            (setq fill-prefix (concat
+			       (buffer-substring
+				st (progn (re-search-forward sy-cite-regexp)
+					  (point)))
+			       " "))
+	  ;;
+          ;; this regexp is is convenient because paragraphs quoted by simple
+          ;; indentation must still yield to us  <evil laugh>
+	  ;;
+          (while (looking-at "[^a-zA-Z0-9]")
+	    (forward-char 1))
+          (setq fill-prefix (buffer-substring st (point))))
+        (next-line 1) (beginning-of-line)
+        (while (and (< (point) end)
+		    (not (string-equal fill-prefix "")))
+	  ;;
+          ;; if what we decided was the fill-prefix does not precede all
+          ;; of the lines in the paragraph, we probably goofed.  In this
+	  ;; case set it to the persistant attribution.
+	  ;;
+          (if (looking-at (regexp-quote fill-prefix))
+	      ()
+	    (setq fill-prefix sy-persist-attribution))
+          (next-line 1)
+	  (beginning-of-line)))
+      (fill-region-as-paragraph st end arg))))
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; insert the persistant attribution at point
+;;
+(defun sy-insert-persist-attribution ()
+  "Insert the persistant attribution at the beginning of the line that
+point is on.  This string is the last attribution confirmed and used
+in the yanked reply buffer."
+  (interactive)
+  (save-excursion
+    (beginning-of-line)
+    (insert-string sy-persist-attribution)))
+
+
+;;
+;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; open a line putting the attribution at the beginning
+
+(defun sy-open-line (arg)
+  "Insert a newline and leave point before it.  Also inserts the
+persistant attribution at the beginning of the line.  With arg,
+inserts that many newlines."
+  (interactive "p")
+  (save-excursion
+    (let ((start (point)))
+      (open-line arg)
+      (goto-char start)
+      (forward-line)
+      (while (< 0 arg)
+	(sy-insert-persist-attribution)
+	(forward-line 1)
+	(setq arg (- arg 1))))))
+