On 30Mar2010 11:11, Nicolas Williams <[email protected]> wrote: | On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:43:08AM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote: | > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 07:04:22PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > > If I complete the reply immediately (as now), it's all seamless. | > > | > > But if I want to defer the reply for later, I simply detach from screen | > > and reattach later. Here's this message in progress: | > | > But what happens on detach in the parent mutt (edit abort?)? (I've | > tried it, and the screen does not appear to start. | | Oh, I got it to work. I needed to insert "env TERM=xterm-color" into | the screen command-line (I'd completely forgotten).
That's surprising; it suggests your $TERM isn't set up right outside mutt. | screen -ls output | gets mangled, but that's screen's fault: | There are screens on: | [...] | 3820.mutt-30mar2010-11:06 Re_Foobars_Request_1 (Detached) Cool. So, working for you now? | > > Does that workflow address your needs? | > Almost, but see the other e-mails in this thread. | This is the closest so far though. Thanks, Glad to here it. Any specific problems remaining to address? Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The doctrine of eminent domain, which allows the government to steal anything it wants, is regarded with repugnance by most people, but lawyers say it is legal and proper, because government has been stealing things for a long time. - Robert Anton Wilson
