dossen, et al -- ...and then Mads Laursen said... % % On 14/10/03 15.35, Chris Green wrote: ... % > Not if you put an '&' at the end of the command to launc the editor. % % Then I would imagine that mutt would look at the temporary file it ... % the mail. That leaves us with two programs, unaware of eachothers % actions, accesing the same file (the message) at the same time. Exactly. % % Or at least that's what I imagine would happen, if I cared to try it. % AFAIK mutt assumes that when $EDITOR returns control to mutt, the % message is ready for inclusion in the mail being composed. Oh, there's no need to even try it; it's been discussed in great detail many times before, so you need only check the archives. On the other hand, I do like the idea of your other approach and would like to see it develop some more. I personally postpone messages when I need to get back to the index but am not finished, but I also don't use X or color with my mutt and people think I'm a wacko just for that :-) % % /dossen % -- % Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. % -- Albert Einstein HTH & Thanks for the script & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) davidtg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) davidtgwork@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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