On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:29:49PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Luis Mochan <[email protected]> [07-26-12 22:25]: > > I receive my email at a desktop in my office and I access it through > > mutt at my office and remotely through my laptop using IMAP. Thus, I > > have configuration files at my desktop and at my laptop. However, there > > are parts of the configuration which should be identical, such as my > > list of alias and a few macros. Having several copies yields occasional > > inconsistencies. Is there a reasonable way to keep some configuration > > files at my office and source them remotely from my laptop when I start > > mutt? Similarly, I would like to be able to update the files at my > > office when I define a new alias at my laptop. An alternative would be > > to use a revision control system to update and synchronize the relevant > > files among my computers, but I wonder if there is a simpler solution. > > I have my mail and mutt on a server and remotely access it so there is > only one place for configuration files and .... I open a tmux session, > similar to screen, and remotely access that tmux session from where-ever. > I even read my mail on site from another computer.
This is what I do, too but if Luis prefers not to work that way, one easy way to maintain a single, authoritative configuration on all systems is to use Dropbox, box.net or one of their competitors. I know that Dropbox provides the versioning he wants and I expect the competitor products do as well. Regards, Leo
