Re: Screen + mutt + emacs
Derek Martin wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 12:11:26PM -0500, James wrote:
> > I do use emacsclient. When I do compose, mutt tells me it's "Waiting
> > for Emacs...". I then switch to screen 2, do my edits and switch back.
> > It sounds like when you compose, you get an instance of emacs on
> > screen 1 via emacsclient. Could you tell me how you do that?
>
> Hmmm....
>
> It's been about 5 years since I used xemacs, and I never used the GNU
> version of emacs, cuz I always thought xemacs was better... so I may
> just be confused. But... With xemacs and gnuclient, IIRC you used
> the -nw option to do this. I assumed emacsclient had something
> similar, but looking on the 'Net, it doesn't seem that emacsclient has
> a comparable option.
>
> > As for modes, emacs currently brings up mail in fundamental mode. I'd
> > like a mode that's a little more mail-savvy.
>
> OK, so, from your mail it sounds like you have this part figured out
> already, and you're just concerned about the screen switching. If
> not, I still have my .emacs file, in which I load post.el for mail. I
> could post the relevant parts...
>
Thanks for the clues. I'll keep digging.