Re: Split-screen mode in mutt?
0n Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 12:12:41AM -0400, cga2000 wrote:
>Thus spake David Haguenauer on Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 07:46:38PM -0400 or
thereabouts: <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2006-04-29 22:39]:
>> * cga2000 <cga2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 2006-04-29 17:16:34 Sat:
>> > I was wondering if there is any way I can split the screen in mutt -
>> > possibly to display a message list on the left-hand side of the screen
>> > and the message I am currently reading
>>
>> Maybe `set pager_index_lines=8' (for example) does what you want.
>>
>> > (or replying to) on the right - or any other screen setup that might
>> > be available.
>>
>> Setting pager_index_lines causes part of the index to be shown while
>> reading messages, but the text editor used while replying still has
>> control over the entire window.
>>
>> --
>> David Haguenauer
>
>Thanks. Partly does what I want. Since most displays are wider than
>they're high and with 1000+ horizontal pixels pretty much the standard
>nowadays, I was hoping there would be some means of splitting the
>screen vertically.
There is and its called the "Mutt SideBar Patch": http://thomer.com/mutt/
And is a Makefile knob in FreeBSD mail/mutt-devel.
-aW