Have a look at the emacs FAQ. You call emacsclient from your .muttrc
It calls Emacs, if it is already running, and uses it as a server.
The FAQ is pretty clear on this.
Regards,
John
On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 06:36:15PM -0800, ashley wrote:
> I'm new to mutt. I read in the FAQ about emacsclient as an editor
> choice, but I must be making a syntax error in my .muttrc. My messages
> abort before I even get to the editor.
>
> This is what I'm doing:
>
> set editor="/usr/bin/emacsclient %s"
>
> How mutt calls the editor is mysterious to me. I don't understand what
> syntax is wanted.
>
> Please advise
>
> --
>
> -ashley
