On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:54:20AM +0100, Pau wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> thanks!
>
> I have currently set this to
>
> set editor="vim +/^$ ++1 +start +nohlsearch"
>
> So I guess this would go into
>
> ${editor:-vi} $file
>
> But how?
Instead of this:
exec ${editor:-vi} $file
Use this:
exec vim '+/^$' ++1 +start +nohlsearch
> In any case, thanks a lot.
You're very welcome. Could you please write your replies *after* the
text you're replying to, as I am doing now? The way you've been writing
your replies ("top posting") makes it hard to see what you're replying
to.
Thanks.
Paul.
> You too, Ed.
>
> Cheers.
>
> On 18 February 2011 23:13, Paul Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 08:41:18PM +0100, Pau wrote:
> >> sorry... I am totally lost... how am I supposed to do this with
> >> edit_headers???
> >>
> >> I can write scripts, but could you please give me an example of what I
> >> have to add to muttrc in the headers to call a script that will link
> >> that temporary file (what's the syntax for it) with the script??
> >>
> >> thanks and apologies for my ignorance... I did look at the manual, but
> >> it's again the same problem as usual: I am lost when looking at
> >> keywords or meaning of expressions, because I am not fluent in English
> >
> > In ~/.muttrc:
> >
> > set edit_headers=yes
> > set editor=/path/to/my/script
> > set tmpdir=/path/to/tempfiles
> >
> > Then /path/to/my/script has something along these lines:
> >
> > #!/bin/zsh
> >
> > typeset file=$1 label subject; shift
> > typeset editor=${VISUAL:-$EDITOR}
> >
> > main() {
> > grep '^Subject: ' $file | read label subject
> > if [[ -n $subject ]]; then
> > newfile=$(sanitize-subject $subject)
> > ln -f $file $file:h/$newfile
> > fi
> > exec ${editor:-vi} $file
> > }
> >
> > sanitize-subject() {
> > print -- $1 | perl -pe 's/ +/_/g; tr/A-Z_/a-z_/d; tr/a-z_//cd'
> > }
> >
> > main $@
> >
> > For example, this would leave a copy of this draft I'm composing right
> > now in /path/to/tempfiles/re_renaming_temporary_files.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> >> On 18 February 2011 17:53, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 02:58:49AM +0100, Pau wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> thanks for the answer... unfortunately I have a precompiled binary. Do
> >> >> I really have to change the source for that? I guess so... the change
> >> >> is not trivial
> >> >
> >> > you could define editor to call a wrapper script which would evaluate the
> >> > headers and create a "readable" link to the file. With edit-headers you
> >> > have
> >> > all the information you need inside the file.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Richard
> >> >
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> >> >
> >
> > --
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> >
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