Jack O'Quin wrote: > > Carel Fellinger writes: > > > There is a space in the command, so you need quotes, try : > > > > set editor="emacs -nw" Sorry, this doesn't seem to work - even <set editor=emacs> wouldn't do. In both cases, mutt overrides these settings in .muttrc and uses vi for composing mail. Irritating enough - man mutt reports about a system wide configuration file /etc/Muttrc which I thought would contain anything causing mutt to use vi - but this file does not exist and I can't imagine mutt has the editor=vi compiled into the binary code! > > I would normally put "export EDITOR=emacsclient" in my .bash_profile > > for stuff like this. Many programs will use $EDITOR, if defined. If > > you're using csh, put something like "setenv EDITOR emacsclient" in > > your .cshrc. > > > > If mutt doesn't honor this convention, you may need to separately > > define set editor="emacsclient" somewhere. I don't know. I tried this entry in ~/.muttrc too - just on the fly - it didn't work either. For more please see below. > > This is the "client interface" for emacs, specifically designed for > > this purpose. It will attach to a running emacs, if possible, or > > create a new one, if necessary. See man emacsclient(1). info emacsclient talks about a previously running emacs + server. this is part of the documentary: " You typically does not call emacsclient directly. Instead, you set the environment variable EDITOR to emacsclient and let programs like 'vipw' or 'bug' or anything run it for you, which will use an existing Emacs to visit the file.
For emacsclient to work, you need an already running Emacs with a server. Within Emacs, call the function &pi0;server- start'. (Your &pi0;.emacs' file can do this automatically if you add the expression &pi0;(server-start)' to it.) When you've finished editing the buffer, type &pi0;C-x #' (&pi0;server-edit'). This saves the file and sends a message back to the &pi0;emacsclient' program telling it to exit. The programs that use &pi0;EDITOR' wait for the "editor" (actu ally, &pi0;emacsclient') to exit. &pi0;C-x #' also checks for other pending external requests to edit various files, and selects the next such file. " This sounds pretty complicated. Is this the way to configure mutt? I must admit I do not quite understand why I need a server-start w i t h i n emacs! The third part of this text additionaly is very confusing. Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
