the way through inputting the To: and Subject: fields and then I get the
message Aborted unmodified message.
Any ideas on where I should start? Is there an error logging function that
I can turn on?
thanks!
--
Bren Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(via Pine!)
I try to create a message I get all
the way through inputting the To: and Subject: fields and then I get the
message Aborted unmodified message.
Any ideas on where I should start? Is there an error logging function that
I can turn on?
What's the path to your editor? Maybe vi (or vim
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 18:42:38 -0400, David T-G wrote:
Yep, that was what I meant. Did you try a simple
:set shell=/sbin/sh
from within mutt? Did you try
:set ?shell
to see what mutt thinks $shell is holding?
The $shell variable is /only/ used for the shell-escape command
Suresh Ramasubramanian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I rather suspect that the path to vim is wrong in his .muttrc
: Especially if he had an rpm install which would dump vim in /bin or /usr/bin -
: and then compiled a new vim from a tarball, that'd put it into /usr/local/bin
:
: Use `which vim`
Marc van Dongen proclaimed on mutt-users that:
That's not the problem. Mutt doesn't seem to let me edit
at all. With this setting, I can postpone a message for
later, then recall it and use `e` to edit but mutt won't
let me
Then check if your tmpdir directory is set properly, or is
Marc --
...and then Marc van Dongen said...
% David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
%
% : % Aborted unmodified message.
% : %
% : % Any suggestions how to overcome this problem?
% :
% : You might start by checking your $editor setting in your muttrc and your
%
% My editor setting points
David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[snip]
: % : If you can't figure out what's up, try setting mutt's $editor to a
: % : quickie script which calls vim and then waits for a keypress before
: % : exiting so that you can see any error messages that go by.
: %
: % I changed the editor setting
Marc --
...and then Marc van Dongen said...
% David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
%
% [snip]
%
% : % : quickie script which calls vim and then waits for a keypress before
% : %
% : % I changed the editor setting to a script that prints something,
% : % reads a line and then starts to edit.
Marc van Dongen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 27 Sep 2000:
I changed the editor setting to a script that prints something,
reads a line and then starts to edit. It doesn't seem to be
called when I press `e.' I still get the `unmodified' message.
What doesn't get called when you press e, the
Mikko Hänninen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Marc van Dongen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 27 Sep 2000:
: I changed the editor setting to a script that prints something,
: reads a line and then starts to edit. It doesn't seem to be
: called when I press `e.' I still get the `unmodified'
Marc van Dongen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 27 Sep 2000:
: !/path/to/your/editor/here
Good one. I hadn't thought of trying that. It fails
Other shell commands fail as well
Well, that's the "reason" then why your editor isn't getting called.
I have no idea why you couldn't run
Mikko Hänninen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[snip]
: Good one. I hadn't thought of trying that. It fails
: Other shell commands fail as well
[snip]
: I have no idea why you couldn't run any commands from within Mutt
: though, I've never heard of this kind of problem. Can you even
:
Marc van Dongen proclaimed on mutt-users that:
Maybe this is an operating system related problem. I am using
the CDE desktop at the moment but the problem also manifests
itself if I use the openwindows desktop.
Get out of both desktops into the sun shell... try mutt there.
--
Suresh
Suresh Ramasubramanian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Get out of both desktops into the sun shell... try mutt there.
No success either:-(
Regards,
Marc van Dongen
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 04:09:04PM +0100, Marc van Dongen wrote:
Suresh Ramasubramanian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Get out of both desktops into the sun shell... try mutt there.
No success either:-(
And what does :set ?shell return?
--
- Bruce
Bruce DeVisser ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: And what does :set ?shell return?
shell="/usr/bin/bash"
which is correct.
Regards,
Marc van Dongen
On 27, Sep, 2000 at 01:36:46PM +0100, Marc van Dongen wrote:
David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[snip]
: % : If you can't figure out what's up, try setting mutt's $editor to a
: % : quickie script which calls vim and then waits for a keypress before
: % : exiting so that you can see
Marc --
...and then Marc van Dongen said...
% Bruce DeVisser ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
%
% : And what does :set ?shell return?
%
% shell="/usr/bin/bash"
%
% which is correct.
It may be correct, but it isn't stock :-) Try settin $shell to /sbin/sh,
which is guaranteed to be completely
Morten Liebach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[snip]
: This _is_ a long shot, but: what happens when you try to invoke vim from
: your shell?
It works great!
[snip]
Regards,
Marc van Dongen
David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: It may be correct, but it isn't stock :-) Try settin $shell to /sbin/sh,
: which is guaranteed to be completely self-contained. If *that* works,
I am assuming you are asking me to write a wrapper script around
mutt to set the shell. That didn't work.
Marc van Dongen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 27 Sep 2000:
Bruce DeVisser ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: And what does :set ?shell return?
shell="/usr/bin/bash"
which is correct.
OK.. And you can get a shell (via a terminal window), so you know the
binary is executable etc.?
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 10:57:14PM +0300, Mikko Hänninen wrote:
I don't know the exact details (haven't looked at the source), but I
would guess that the way Mutt starts an external program is with the
system() sytem-function-call. If your Mutt can't run programs this
way, then something is
Mikko Hänninen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: OK.. And you can get a shell (via a terminal window), so you know the
: binary is executable etc.?
I am not exactly sure what you mean. External programs, like knews
can start vim as an external program to compose an email message.
[snip]
: Like
Marc --
...and then Marc van Dongen said...
% David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
%
% : It may be correct, but it isn't stock :-) Try settin $shell to /sbin/sh,
% : which is guaranteed to be completely self-contained. If *that* works,
%
% I am assuming you are asking me to write a wrapper
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 22:57:14 +0300, Mikko Hänninen wrote:
I don't know the exact details (haven't looked at the source), but I
would guess that the way Mutt starts an external program is with the
system() sytem-function-call.
Mutt has its own implementaion of system() to have better
At 22:57 +0300 27 Sep 2000, Mikko Hänninen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For Sun, I don't know what the system call trace program is called --
truss maybe, or was that some other OS? It may not have one
(installed).
truss is correct. I'd probably use:
truss -o /tmp/mutt.truss -f -t exec mutt
Hi there,
I just re-installed vim on my system.
When I now try to compose a message
after I enter the name of the recipient
mutt does not allow me to write a message.
Istead it displays a
Aborted unmodified message.
message.
Any suggestions how to overcome this problem?
Thanks in advance
Aborted unmodified message.
message.
set abort_unmodified=ask-no
Wow, two questions in a row I'm dealing with as they roll in.
--
-D.[EMAIL PROTECTED]NSITUniversity of Chicago
line, and hit enter. Then it just says,
"Aborted unmodified message.". I can send mail using other muas just
fine, and I've
checked all ther permissions. Can someone help me out?
Jeff
(Please reply directly, I'm not on the list)
User Jasapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 05 Jul 2000:
First, I hit "m", for new mail, then type in the address on the "to:"
line, and hit enter. Then it just says,
"Aborted unmodified message.".
Sounds like the execution of your editor fails. That is, aft
User Jasapp proclaimed on mutt-users that:
First, I hit "m", for new mail, then type in the address on the "to:"
line, and hit enter. Then it just says,
"Aborted unmodified message.". I can send mail using other muas just
fine, and I've checked all ther permissions
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