Bug 86726

Summary:	Add snippet / autotext / text modules / boilerplates support
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Helge Hielscher <hhielscher>
Component:	composer	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bluedzins, jjm, mark
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description Helge Hielscher 2004-08-06 21:42:55 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.3)
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs

Please add autotext support (as seen in OpenOffice in Edit/Autotext) to the editor of KMail.

I am not sure if this wish should belong to KMail or to a higher level of KDE (e.g. Ghost Typer XML works everywhere in Windows).

See also bug 44136 which talks about autotext for kword.

Comment 1 Mark Szentes-Wanner 2006-07-17 23:36:06 UTC

I also wish there would be an autotext feature. People who write many e-mails with similar content like in a secretary's office would value the possibility to select a text from a drop-down menu. I think M$ Outlook has this feature if M$ Word is chosen as editor.

I think, the Edit menu should have an entry "Insert Autotext" and submenus according to the hierarchy of them. The text bits could be stored as plaintext or HTML files within a similar hierarchy under Kmail's working directory.

Of course, the next step should  be the Edit Autotext Items menu and the next one the option to assign icons on the toolbar to specific autotext entries.

Comment 2 Jonathan Marten 2006-07-18 09:46:59 UTC

See also bug 1015 - an autotext facility suggested there, based on message templates.

Comment 3 Thomas McGuire 2008-01-12 15:39:13 UTC

*** Bug 131000 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Thomas McGuire 2008-01-12 15:39:35 UTC

*** Bug 155502 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Thomas McGuire 2008-01-12 15:41:09 UTC

As far as I know, this is already there in the newest enterprise branch version, called "snippets" (similar to the snippet plugin KDevelop has).
I don't know how complete it is, I'll leave this bug report open until it is ported to trunk.

Comment 6 Thomas McGuire 2008-01-13 14:58:34 UTC

This has just been ported to trunk be Andreas, therefore I close this bug.