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Re: Placing vim cursor between reply content and sig



* Andrew Haninger <ahaning@xxxxxxxxx> :
> I'm looking for a way to have mutt start up vim such that my cursor is
> placed properly for a bottom-posted reply.
> 
> By default, mutt adds my sig to the end of my message, but it starts
> vim with the cursor at the top, rather than where I would type my
> reply. This is fine if I'm composing a new message, but it means I
> have to cursor down if I'm replying to a thread.
> 
> By playing a bit with vim's options, I've been able to get my cursor
> at the bottom of the email (and into my sig) and vim is started in
> insert mode which is a nice start, but not exactly what I want.
> 
> Here's what I have in my .muttrc so far:
> 
> set editor="vim + -c startinsert"

The -c is redundant if you use +

> Does anyone else have a setup that works like what I've described?

What about :

set editor="vim +startinsert +'/-- '"

YOu still have to move up one line though :-(

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