To this end I always run several instances of mutt simultaneously under tmux. One with inbox, others with inbox-read-only, mbox, and sent.
On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 08:17:43AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 16Aug2016 19:58, Jethro Tull <heavyt...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm using vim as editor in mutt. I would like to find a way to dump the > > content of another email or part to a new message while being composed. > > Of course without running a new instance of mutt. > > Why not by running a new instance of mutt? > > Without that, you need some kind of tool that _vim_ can invoke to access > message content. How are you intending to designate that message from inside > vim? > > Note that you can reply to more that one message from mutt itself, before > you start composing: tag multiple messages, then <tag-prefix><reply> (or > <group-reply> or whatever). You'll get all their text quoting in the reply > template. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> > -- o W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 /<(*) Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax:(52)(777)317-5388 `>/ /\ Apdo. Postal 48-3, 62251 | (*)/\/ \ Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | moc...@fis.unam.mx /\_/\__/ GPG: 791EB9EB, C949 3F81 6D9B 1191 9A16 C2DF 5F0A C52B 791E B9EB