On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:15:41AM +0000, ja...@gnix.co.uk wrote: > > Jason, that is good news. I hope it is not too OTL if I ask: > > how about MC with console vim and the default editor and viewer? > > And I bet you use vim with mutt? > > I have a Mac on which i use Mutt quite successfully, and vim. In fact vim > comes pre-installed with Mac OS X. It's UNIX so y > ou shouldn't have problems with any UNIX based applications on a Mac. If > you're looking for software to install on your mac > , check out Macports. You can easily compile source and install that way but > Macports will save a lot of time and sometimes > headeaches :-)
The OP might want to look at homebrew [1] as an alternative to MacPorts. Everything is installed to its own prefix and then symlinked to /usr/local/bin (by default, you can install to ~/bin or wherever if you prefer), and homebrew makes use of system libraries where possible rather than compiling its own. The homebrew directory is a git repo too which makes updates and managing personalisations a piece of cake. [1] http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ -- Scott Stevenson <sc...@ecubyx.com>
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