On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 04:47:49PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-08-17 18:04, Jason wrote: > > > $ ls -la /tmp/emacs$(id -u) > > ls: cannot access '/tmp/emacs1000': No such file or directory > > I should have asked to try that when emacs was running. Maybe you've > read my mind? I tried both ways, emacs running and not running; same result. > > Is this the emacs-nox package maybe? It is possible, even likely, that > disabling X11 at compile time also disables the server feature. Since > mutt-mode seems to rely on it, you'll just have to install the full > emacs package to use mutt-mode without problems. (AFAIK it is possible > to install the full emacs on a system where X11 itself is not installed, > and it runs normally on a real terminal.) > As far as I know, this is the full emacs package, though I'm a bit confused about the difference between the emacs package and the emacs24 package. In mutt I am using it in the terminal by calling it as 'emacs -nw' but if I change it to use the emacs GUI it makes no difference as far as the problem I am having goes.
> And, not to be obnoxious, but why do you insist on mutt-mode anyway? It For the simple reason that it was supplied by Arkadiusz Drabczyk with instructions on how to set it up and I was able to get it to work, while I wasn't sure how to implement message-mode on startup. Maybe one day I'll have more time to explore how to customize emacs. > is not distributed with emacs itself and thus not subject to the > stringent quality standard of emacs code. You just see some of the > effects of that right now :-P > > message-mode, OTOH, has been in emacs for about 2 decades and is > accordingly battle tested. > In any case, the problem with C-c C-c not working is minor and while it would be nice to know what's wrong, I can make out with C-x C-c and then 'y' for now. Thanks! -- Jason
