On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 11:57:03AM -0400, Rob Reid wrote:
-> At 11:02 PM EDT on June 20 Charles Curley sent off:
-> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 07:24:18PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote:
-> > > I've started using emacs as editor for mutt. I'm specified it in the muttrc
-> > > file and also have setup a script file(e-lisp) in /home/me/.mutt called
-> > > post.el which is a package for running emacs as an email editor with
-> > > mutt. It seems to be working fine, but I have a couple of questions.
-> >
-> > specify emacsclient as your editor, not emacs. When you go to edit an
-> > email, emacsclient will feed the file to an already running instance of
-> > emacs (it will not launch emacs for you). When you are done, hit C-x #,
-> > and move your focus back to mutt.
->
-> Just a slight correction: for some terribly important reason that I can't
-> recall right now, you should use C-c C-c to exit post, not C-x #, the usual
-> command for quitting emacsclient.
In post, yes. Sorry, I should have made it clear that I was ignoring post
mode in that part of the message. I assume that in post mode C-c C-c does
other cleanup, in addition to running server-edit (the function bound to
C-x #).
->
-> > > 2.) On the tool bar at the top of the emacs window, to the right of
-> > > Mule, is a category called Post.
->
-> > This is specific to the post.el file you mentioned, assuming that the file
-> > follows Emacs custom and is for a major mode called post mode.
->
-> That's exactly what it is, a menu for post.
->
-> > > also one for exiting "Save Message and Return from Post" (C-c C-c), which I
-> > > assume saves the compose buffer. But it doesn't close emacs, it just leaves
-> > > me in the *scratch* buffer and I have to go ahead and close it with the
-> > > C-xC-c command.
->
-> > It operates "correctly" for the client/server scheme I outlined above. You
-> > leave Emacs running, ready for the next message.
->
-> and with all your other buffers intact. And I think it operates correctly for
-> people using straight emacs instead of emacsclient too; it encourages them to
-> use emacsclient, which unfortunately isn't as well known as it should be. I
-> blame the documentation that comes with emacs - the developers have
-> concentrated on making emacs able to do everything, so although they made it
-> possible to easily use it with other programs to them other programs seem
-> irrelevant. Anyway, if you INSIST on starting and killing emacs for each and
-> every email you send, C-xC-c should prompt you to save the message, then exit.
-> So C-cC-c is just a better way provided by post, and the same old way should
-> work. I didn't put C-xC-c in the menu because I figured everyone already knows
-> how to use it.
C-c C-c is not bound in normal Emacs. C-c is reserved for major modes and
has its own keymap for major modes. So if you are in fundamental mode
(where I am right now without post mode installed), it is undefined.
Anyway, this is rapidly moving off-topic. Maybe I'll do a write-up for the
mutt manual and ask you to take a look at it.
->
-> > I have a copy of post.el here; I may try it some day. In my copious free
-> > time.
->
-> I know the feeling.
->
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