On 30Mar2010 10:43, Nicolas Williams <nicolas.willi...@sun.com> wrote: | On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 07:04:22PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > On 29Mar2010 17:19, Nicolas Williams <nicolas.willi...@sun.com> wrote: | > | I saw in the archives that this is a bit of an FAQ, and it seems that to | > | this day there's not much of an answer, sadly. | > | > Here's what I do: | > set edit_headers=yes | > set editor=muttedit | > set autoedit=yes | > | > Muttedit is here: | > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/bin/muttedit | > | > Now, muttedit mostly just runs the reply process in a screen session; it does | > some work to give the session a good name. | | Very nice sed scripting. | | > If I complete the reply immediately (as now), it's all seamless. | > | > But if I want to defer the reply for later, I simply detach from screen | > and reattach later. Here's this message in progress: | | But what happens on detach in the parent mutt (edit abort?)?
Mutt silent abandons a totally unmodified message, which is very convenient. So it silently drops back from the compose. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The Tao that is seen Is not the true Tao, until You bring fresh toner. - Haiku Error Messages http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html