On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 09:14:45PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > It relies on a feature of mutt: if you exit the editor having changed > nothing, mutt silently cancels the compose mode. So muttedit is invoked > as your editor. It: > > - takes a copy of the message composition file it is handed > > - computes a "screen" title from the time and message subject > > - invokes screen running > mutt -e 'set editor=$EDITOR' -e 'unset signature' -H "$filename" > i.e. it runs a separate mutt in "compose a message from this template > mode" > > So there you are in screen composing a message in a standalone mutt. > You can complete it right there and send, exiting the standalone mutt. > Or you can detach from screen and resume that process later. > > Either way, as far as your original mutt is concerned, muttedit exits > and the composition file is unchanged, so it queitly returns to your > index view or whatever.
very cool. I may have to try this out :) Thanks! -Jeremy
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