On 11/30/2012 04:01 PM, Reid Thompson wrote:

> On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 15:33 +0000, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>> On 11/30/2012 03:28 PM, Reid Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 15:12 +0000, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>>>> On 11/30/2012 01:30 PM, Reid Thompson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 17:07 -0800, Bee wrote:
>>>>>> If you are looking for an email client
>>>>>> that can use vim as the editor,
>>>>>> I am happy with Sylpheed,
>>>>>> Simple and fast.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> you can configure evolution and thunderbird to use gvim as an external
>>>>> editor -  I'm using gvim with evolution to compose this email.
>>>>
>>>> Is Thunderbird integration via a plugin as I can see nothing in
>>>> Thunderbird 16.0.2 on Linux to suggest it's natively integrated?
>>
>>> search addons for 'external editor'
>>
>> On Fedora 17 & TBird 16.0.2, all I get is 'Saved Passwords Editor' &
>> 'External Email Alert'.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>   Phil...
>>
> 
> go here http://globs.org/articles.php?lng=en&pg=2
> click on the download tab at the top
> select external editor
> download version 1.0.0
> install it using the tbird addons page
> restart
> go to the addons page and select the preferences button for external
> editor
> in the field, type
> gvim -f 
> click ok
> 
> click write to open an new composer window
> click on view/toolbars/customize
> drag the external editor button on to the toolbar
> click the 'Gvim' button
> compose
> :wq
> CTRL-E

Excellent. Thanks very much.

Cheers,

  Phil...

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