From d2dea390b4644c72716f0495c53dfce72b77121f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 14:45:40 +1200
Subject: Delete blank lines at top of quoted reply

---
 vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'vim')

diff --git a/vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim b/vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim
index 39999075..fd2c9705 100644
--- a/vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim
+++ b/vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim
@@ -10,10 +10,17 @@ if line('.') == 1 && col('.') == 1
   " no quote, which is fine
   call search('\m^>', 'c')
 
+  " Delete quoted blank lines until we get to something with substance
+  while getline('.') =~# '^>\s*$'
+    delete
+  endwhile
+
   " Check this line to see if it's a generic hello or hello-name greeting that
   " we can just strip out; delete any following lines too, if they're blank
   if getline('.') =~? '^>\s*\%(<hello\|hey\+\|hi\)\%(\s\+\S\+\)\=[,;]*\s*$'
     delete
+
+    " Delete quoted blank lines again
     while getline('.') =~# '^>\s*$'
       delete
     endwhile
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