* On 06 Apr 2016, Derek Martin wrote: > > I think you're on to the biggest issue: Neither Mutt nor the patch > promote maintainability or extensibility of UI enhancements (I'm not > really in a position to evaluate this, only stating what I think past > objections were). Both Mutt and the patch need to be taught to do > things the right way, both to make maintaining that feature easier, > and to make future extensibility more managable.
I'm a big fan of gradual core enhancements that promote extensibility (including patching). I don't know that this should be a primary focus for mutt right now, but I think any community efforts toward this should be taken seriously. > FWIW related to this: One thing I've always wanted to see was to > create a uniform API for the UI, and also for mailboxes, so that it > was easier to basically completely replace the UI, and to implement > new mail store types. If we used console-based widgets for the UI I believe there was a discussion a while back -- maybe 10 years or so, even -- about building on the mx.c framework to make mailbox drivers more of a thing. Anyone remember this? -- David Champion • [email protected]
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