On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 05:21:38PM +0200, Henk Janssen wrote: > From: "Guy Geens" > > > > > It's very hard to be a Linux user and avoid vi completely. :)
Ack. Since I installed an old DEC VT420, which doesn't like emacs, I'm forced to use vi instead, although I don't want to :-) > I'm sorry if I appear to be a nitwit; but I'm rather fond of AE. Now I have > this itsipitsy problem (so do you now by the way). My Balsa broke. As a > result to that I've looked into MUTT as it goes around here on a regular > basis... But I have a HUGE problem with VI(M) as it is to much, just like > emacs. Is there an alternative? An alternative to mutt? Don't think so... it's too great. > Because just for mailing with different mailboxes the learningcurve of Mutt, > Procmail (don't get it but I will) AND Vi(m) is as steep that it makes me > fall off (as you can probably notice). procmail is not very hard to learn, it's really straightforward. Just look at some examples. > Also if you could set me up a sequence in how to tackle the mountain ahead > of me..........muchos gracias You can put a line like this in your .muttrc: set editor="ae" Then you can use ae instead of vi. greets, Stephen Rueger -- Ich wuerde nur an einen Gott glauben, der zu tanzen verstuende. (Friedrich Nietzsche)
