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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-09-17 08:44:25 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-09-18 06:01:10 +0000
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This is another feature I've found immensely useful,
but I also wonder if I'm the only one who uses it.
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@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ Most commonly C<text> (the default) or C<reply> to
 display the message(s) in a format suitable for trimming
 and sending as a email reply.
 
+=item --stdin
+
+=item -
+
+C<lei lcat> implicitly reads from stdin if it is a L<pipe(7)>
+or regular file.  This is handy for invoking C<lei lcat> from
+inside an C<$EDITOR> session (assuming you use an C<$EDITOR>
+which lets you pipe arbitrary lines to arbitrary commands).
+
 =item --[no-]remote
 
 =item --no-local