introduce setting quote_prefix

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/alot/commands/thread.py b/alot/commands/thread.py
index b649fc19..28e89c42 100644
--- a/alot/commands/thread.py
+++ b/alot/commands/thread.py
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ class ReplyCommand(Command):
         if quotehook:
             mailcontent += quotehook(self.message.accumulate_body())
         else:
+            quote_prefix = settings.get('quote_prefix')
             for line in self.message.accumulate_body().splitlines():
-                mailcontent += '> ' + line + '\n'
+                mailcontent += quote_prefix + line + '\n'
 
         envelope = Envelope(bodytext=mailcontent)
 
@@ -222,8 +223,9 @@ class ForwardCommand(Command):
             if quotehook:
                 mailcontent += quotehook(self.message.accumulate_body())
             else:
+                quote_prefix = settings.get('quote_prefix')
                 for line in self.message.accumulate_body().splitlines():
-                    mailcontent += '> ' + line + '\n'
+                    mailcontent += quote_prefix + line + '\n'
 
             envelope.body = mailcontent
 
diff --git a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
index 49bb95de..09dd51ad 100644
--- a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
+++ b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ user_agent = string(default='alot/{version}')
 # Suffix of the prompt used when waiting for user input
 prompt_suffix = string(default=':')
 
+# String prepended to line when quoting
+quote_prefix = string(default='> ')
+
 # Key bindings 
 [bindings]
     __many__ = string(default=None)