* SGT. Garcia <[email protected]> [02-28-15 19:21]:
> On Feb 28  16:49 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > * SGT. Garcia <[email protected]> [02-28-15 16:24]:
> > > On Feb 28  12:48 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > > > * SGT. Garcia <[email protected]> [02-28-15 11:21]:
> > > > > ...the notion exist in browsers (elinks, firefox) but i was wondering 
> > > > > if
> > > > > one could send remote commands to a running instance of mutt? for 
> > > > > example
> > > > > to send mailto: uri action from a browser/cli/script.
> > > > 
> > > > certainly, configuragle within your browser.  Something like:
> > > >   mailto: /usr/bin/mutt %s
> > > > or perhaps:
> > > >           /usr/bin/xterm -e /usr/bin/mutt %s
> > > 
> > > but those would start a new _instance_ of mutt. i always have mutt running
> > > on tty1; i want to send mailto: command, if you like, to it.
> > 
> > There is no problem I am aware of running multiple instances of mutt as
> > long as you have file-locking.  I have been using mutt this way for > 10
> > years.
> 
> of course multiple instances are possible. i want mailto: to be handled by
> a single instance of mutt; the one running on tty1 in my case.

But why jump thru hoops when there is no necessity.  What reasons are
there?

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