On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 06:13:31PM EDT, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat,01.Aug.09, 16:06:08, Chris Jones wrote: > > > > http://does-not-exist.org/mail-archives/mutt-users/msg14344.html > > > > The mutt-user archive seems to be broken - if you display this message > > and try to display the thread index, it does display an index but there > > is no trace of this particular thread, which makes the ensuing > > discussion difficult to follow.. > > You can use the "Next by thread" link.
What I did.. but you don't know who posted what.. and when you have to go through 4-5 useless posts before you get to the one that has serious content. > > So, I'm not sure I understand the solution & how it improves on: > > > > → :sh while composing in vim > > → start new instance of mutt > > → do what you have to do - e.g. copy parts of messages > > → 'q'+'Ctrl-D' to return to composing > > The proposed solution involves the script[1]: > > ,----[ external-reply.sh ] > | #!/bin/sh > | DRAFT="$1" > | cp "$DRAFT" "$DRAFT.tmp" > | ( > | xterm -e "exec mutt -H \"$DRAFT.tmp\"" > | sleep 1 > | rm -f "$DRAFT.tmp" > | ) & > | > | exit 0 > `---- > > which you set as your editor (set editor="external-reply.sh"). Now > whenever you compose a message it opens in a new xterm and you can use > the first mutt to do whatever you want. Thanks for clarifying..! I got this to work for me under gnu screen - you just need to replace the xterm invocation by: screen -X screen mutt -H "$DRAFT.tmp" and mutt+vim is launched in a newly created screen "window". You can then split the screen and cause the original mutt session to inhabit the new window. > The only trouble with it is that the second mutt prompts for "To:" and > "Subject:". There's a hint in the thread about using a macro to work > around it, but I don't have any idea where to start. In my case, it's just a matter of hitting <enter> twice because "To:", Thanks much for clarifying. > > [1] In order to debianize "xterm -e" should be replaced with > "x-terminal-emulator -e sh -c". > > Regards, > Andrei > -- > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. > (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
