On Feb 28 16:49 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * SGT. Garcia <[email protected]> [02-28-15 16:24]: > > On Feb 28 12:48 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > * SGT. Garcia <[email protected]> [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. > > There is no problem I am aware of running multiple instances of mutt as > long as you have file-locking. I have been using mutt this way for > 10 > years.
of course multiple instances are possible. i want mailto: to be handled by a single instance of mutt; the one running on tty1 in my case.
