On Feb 28 12:48 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * SGT. Garcia <darwinsker...@gmail.com> [02-28-15 11:21]: > > ...the notion exist in browsers (elinks, firefox) but i was wondering if > > one could send remote commands to a running instance of mutt? for example > > to send mailto: uri action from a browser/cli/script. > > certainly, configuragle within your browser. Something like: > mailto: /usr/bin/mutt %s > or perhaps: > /usr/bin/xterm -e /usr/bin/mutt %s
but those would start a new _instance_ of mutt. i always have mutt running on tty1; i want to send mailto: command, if you like, to it.