Re: Newbie question
On 11.04.05,05:41, Catherine K. wrote:
> Ok, this is really simple, so please be kind :) I have looked on
> assorted websites and none say actually how to DO this.
>
> I have set up Mutt and Fetchmail-both seem to work just fine. Then I set
> up Postfix, and went to send myself an email to check that it is working
> properly.
>
> Mutt sent me to a VIM editor - but I couldn't figure out how to SEND the
> thing, how to tell it that I was done editing, etc. I am sure there is a
> keyboard shortcut, but I can't find the thing. All the help pages say to
> do is to *save and send it*, but they don't say HOW to do that.
>
> I happen to like Nano, not the least of which is because there is that
> nice list of shortcuts given at the bottom of the window. Would this
> show up in Mutt as well? How can I change my default editor to Nano?
>
> I apprecate your help. Once I can figure this part out I will attack the
> folders issue :)
>
> Catrin
you can set this in your .muttrc to use nano as the editor:
set editor="nano -r72 -t %s"
- Jostein
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