Re: Colors and... nano or native pager??
On 2007-09-17, A Darren Dunham <ddunham@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 11:03:05AM -0700, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > I don't know what you mean by mutt's "editor/pager". Mutt uses:
> >
> > o a line editor for editing the command line, which is built-in;
> > o a pager, which can be built-in or external;
> > o a line editor for editing messages in mailx mode, which is
> > built-in;
> > o a text editor for editing messages in any other mode, which is
> > external.
>
> What if editor="builtin"? Is that what you mean by mailx mode?
What I meant by mailx mode is this from the man page:
OPTIONS
...
-x Emulate the mailx compose mode.
That is the only way I've ever seen mutt use its built-in editor for
editing messages.
Before I wrote that reply I checked to see if setting 'editor' to
"builtin" would really work. I tested it by trying to edit ('e') a
message, which failed because mutt tried to invoke "builtin" as an
external command. That was not the smartest test I could have run.
I concluded that setting 'editor' to "builtin" did not work.
Just now I set 'editor' to "builtin" again to verify my earlier
results, but tested it by replying to a message. It worked! So I
stand corrected: Mutt does have an internal editor that can be
invoked from the normal UI.
Thanks, Darren, for asking the question. I learned something new
about mutt. I apologize for leading anyone astray with my earlier
reply.
Regards,
Gary