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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