Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, s. keeling wrote: > hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> I've just installed mutt in Debian, one problem is there are some >> mails from news lists with HTTP format, it was fine when I use Mozilla >> mail reader, but with mutt and vim, I could not read the HTTP format >> mails. One solution I can think of is to use lynx, but I don't know >> how to config mutt with lynx. How do you handle this issue? > > mutt needs to be trained. You could tell it to use urlview via macro, > but I see no need for it. Install w3m, and it'll do everything you > need. > > In your ~/.mailcap, add: > > multipart/alternative ; /usr/bin/w3m -dump %s; copiousoutput; > nametemplate=%s.html > multipart/related ; /usr/bin/w3m -dump %s; copiousoutput; > nametemplate=%s.html > text/html ; /usr/bin/w3m -T text/html -dump %s ; copiousoutput > > then tell mutt this (~/.muttrc): > > macro index \cB |'w3m -m -cookie'\n 'call w3m to extract URLs out of a > message' > macro pager \cB |'w3m -m -cookie'\n 'call w3m to extract URLs out of a > message' > Well that's awfully complicated. Why not just pipe the message into metamail? It'll bust a multipart message into parts and run whatever it needs on each part. In mailx, "pi metamail" In Mutt, perhaps "| metamail" Etch came with an /etc/mailcap that was pretty sensible, didn't need any editing. I went back and forth with whether I wanted to display cruft-o-messages with Iceape or Lynx. The default was Lynx. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I've just installed mutt in Debian, one problem is there are some > mails from news lists with HTTP format, it was fine when I use Mozilla > mail reader, but with mutt and vim, I could not read the HTTP format > mails. One solution I can think of is to use lynx, but I don't know > how to config mutt with lynx. How do you handle this issue? mutt needs to be trained. You could tell it to use urlview via macro, but I see no need for it. Install w3m, and it'll do everything you need. In your ~/.mailcap, add: multipart/alternative ; /usr/bin/w3m -dump %s; copiousoutput; nametemplate=%s.html multipart/related ; /usr/bin/w3m -dump %s; copiousoutput; nametemplate=%s.html text/html ; /usr/bin/w3m -T text/html -dump %s ; copiousoutput then tell mutt this (~/.muttrc): macro index \cB |'w3m -m -cookie'\n 'call w3m to extract URLs out of a message' macro pager \cB |'w3m -m -cookie'\n 'call w3m to extract URLs out of a message' Then, CTRL-b invokes w3m on the mail you're reading, ":" highlights links, and TAB moves to the next one, and Enter goes to that link. To configure w3m, type "o" when it's running. Hit "q" and you're back in mutt. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
Hi hce! On Mon, 05 Nov 2007, hce wrote: > Thanks Andy and other responses. It is a good solution although I wish > I could use the vim to read HTML with ability to click the URL links > like lynx (asking too much :-)). > > Thank you. > > Jim I'm not a Mutt expert but take a look at Roland Rosenfeld's muttrc and mailcap files here: http://www.spinnaker.de/mutt/ His setup displays HTML mail with w3m automatically in the Mutt reading pane. -- B. L. Jilek| Debian Linux! [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GPG key: 11A5D1A4 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 07:31:53PM +1100, hce wrote: > I've just installed mutt in Debian, one problem is there are some > mails from news lists with HTTP format, it was fine when I use Mozilla > mail reader, but with mutt and vim, I could not read the HTTP format > mails. One solution I can think of is to use lynx, but I don't know > how to config mutt with lynx. How do you handle this issue? > If you mean that the mail content is in html, if you hit 'v' you get the list of attachments. Arrow down to the html version and hit enter. Mutt should start up lynx for you (if you're in a VT) or whatever browser if you're in X (never tried that). If you mean that plain-text emails include http://... type references, just open up another VT and fire up lynx. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 11:03:55AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Since you're on Debian, I'd suggest apt-get install urlview and add > > the urlview and add the config to your muttrc like the one in present > > in /usr/share/doc/mutt/examples/sample.muttrc.gz, which is: > > > > macro index \cb " urlview" # simulate the old > > browse-url function > > I don't think this is necessary. My /etc/Muttrc already contains this: > > # simulate the old url menu > macro index,pager,attach,compose \cb "\ > set my_pipe_decode=\$pipe_decode pipe_decode\ > urlview\ > set pipe_decode=\$my_pipe_decode; unset > my_pipe_decode" \ > "call urlview to extract URLs out of a message" You are right. Thanks for pointing this out. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 05:33:45PM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:40:12AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 07:31:53PM +1100, hce wrote: > > > I've just installed mutt in Debian, one problem is there are some > > > mails from news lists with HTTP format, it was fine when I use Mozilla > > > mail reader, but with mutt and vim, I could not read the HTTP format > > > mails. One solution I can think of is to use lynx, but I don't know > > > how to config mutt with lynx. How do you handle this issue? > > > > If you mean HTML, there was a post to Planet Debian on this subject > > just yesterday: > > I think the OP means HTTP links, i.e. URLs in mails. > > Since you're on Debian, I'd suggest apt-get install urlview and add > the urlview and add the config to your muttrc like the one in present > in /usr/share/doc/mutt/examples/sample.muttrc.gz, which is: > > macro index \cb " urlview" # simulate the old > browse-url function I don't think this is necessary. My /etc/Muttrc already contains this: # simulate the old url menu macro index,pager,attach,compose \cb "\ set my_pipe_decode=\$pipe_decode pipe_decode\ urlview\ set pipe_decode=\$my_pipe_decode; unset my_pipe_decode" \ "call urlview to extract URLs out of a message" Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
hce([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Thanks Andy and other responses. It is a good solution although I wish > I could use the vim to read HTML with ability to click the URL links > like lynx (asking too much :-)). > No, you are not asking too much. Read the vim manual section on mailcap. Then setup your own .mailcap file and then you can read HTML mail in mutt. To be able to click on a URL when you need to install and set up the urlview package. W -- Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
Thanks Andy and other responses. It is a good solution although I wish I could use the vim to read HTML with ability to click the URL links like lynx (asking too much :-)). Thank you. Jim On 11/4/07, Andy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 07:31:53PM +1100, hce wrote: > > I've just installed mutt in Debian, one problem is there are some > > mails from news lists with HTTP format, it was fine when I use Mozilla > > mail reader, but with mutt and vim, I could not read the HTTP format > > mails. One solution I can think of is to use lynx, but I don't know > > how to config mutt with lynx. How do you handle this issue? > > If you mean HTML, there was a post to Planet Debian on this subject > just yesterday: > > http://cord.de/blog/index.php?entry=entry071103-141719 > > I do it that way too. > > Cheers, > Andy > > -- > http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting > Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHLYVsIJm2TL8VSQsRAuHUAJ9PRZp1QI28SS9epCTl90qoss7gHgCgi1ZC > I/aRLb3W5cVPXAqrhHMus3M= > =lE+W > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:40:12AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 07:31:53PM +1100, hce wrote: > > I've just installed mutt in Debian, one problem is there are some > > mails from news lists with HTTP format, it was fine when I use Mozilla > > mail reader, but with mutt and vim, I could not read the HTTP format > > mails. One solution I can think of is to use lynx, but I don't know > > how to config mutt with lynx. How do you handle this issue? > > If you mean HTML, there was a post to Planet Debian on this subject > just yesterday: I think the OP means HTTP links, i.e. URLs in mails. Since you're on Debian, I'd suggest apt-get install urlview and add the urlview and add the config to your muttrc like the one in present in /usr/share/doc/mutt/examples/sample.muttrc.gz, which is: macro index \cb " urlview" # simulate the old browse-url function HTH. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
Hi Jim, On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 07:31:53PM +1100, hce wrote: > I've just installed mutt in Debian, one problem is there are some > mails from news lists with HTTP format, it was fine when I use Mozilla > mail reader, but with mutt and vim, I could not read the HTTP format > mails. One solution I can think of is to use lynx, but I don't know > how to config mutt with lynx. How do you handle this issue? If you mean HTML, there was a post to Planet Debian on this subject just yesterday: http://cord.de/blog/index.php?entry=entry071103-141719 I do it that way too. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB signature.asc Description: Digital signature
how to read http mails in mutt mail reader (vim)?
Hi, I've just installed mutt in Debian, one problem is there are some mails from news lists with HTTP format, it was fine when I use Mozilla mail reader, but with mutt and vim, I could not read the HTTP format mails. One solution I can think of is to use lynx, but I don't know how to config mutt with lynx. How do you handle this issue? Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
