Re: Questions from a newbie
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 07:12:53AM +0100, alb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I have a few basic questions about mutt: 1) does mutt support any kind of scripting for its API? if so, what scripting languages can be used? 2) is it possible to define custom actions for selected emails (e.g. getting some external program/script to process an email by invoking a script which will do the job)? 3) does mutt support BiDi and right-to-left languages? 4) are mutt's keybindings easily customizable? http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/ -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X
Re: Questions from a newbie
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:54:25PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 07:12:53AM +0100, alb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I have a few basic questions about mutt: 1) does mutt support any kind of scripting for its API? if so, what scripting languages can be used? 2) is it possible to define custom actions for selected emails (e.g. getting some external program/script to process an email by invoking a script which will do the job)? 3) does mutt support BiDi and right-to-left languages? 4) are mutt's keybindings easily customizable? http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/ That is a tad curt, maybe. I don't *think* you can use scripting languages with it, but for sure questions 2 and 4 get an affirmative answer (check for 'macro' in 'man muttrc'). More in general mutt is quite customisable and along with other tools (procmail, etc.) very versatile -F
Re: Questions from a newbie
* fa-ml fa...@ariis.it [02-14-14 05:12]: On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:54:25PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: [...] http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/ That is a tad curt, maybe. I don't *think* you can use scripting languages with it, but for sure questions 2 and 4 get an affirmative answer (check for 'macro' in 'man muttrc'). More in general mutt is quite customisable and along with other tools (procmail, etc.) very versatile perhaps curt but no un-called for. The OP apparently made little effort in his own behalf to resolve the questions he posed. And reading just a few web pages of the manual would provide much of the basic information needed to persue or answer him. Maybe https://www.google.com/#q=mutt would be another curt answer. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.orgopenSUSE Community Memberfacebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.orgPhoto Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535@ http://linuxcounter.net
Re: Questions from a newbie
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:09:37AM +0100, fa-ml wrote: That is a tad curt, maybe. I don't *think* you can use scripting languages with it, but for sure questions 2 and 4 get an affirmative answer (check for 'macro' in 'man muttrc'). More in general mutt is quite customisable and along with other tools (procmail, etc.) very versatile You can also pipe a message to an external program, using (unsurprisingly) the pipe key. w
