On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 03:48:21PM EST, Michael Kjorling wrote: > On 25 Dec 2008 14:13 -0500, by cjns1...@gmail.com (Chris Jones): > > I guess I could write a wrapper to launch mutt but I was thinking of > > coding something in my .muttrc that would invoke a bash shell & run the > > script but I have not found anything. > > You can use standard backtick `` syntax in muttrc, but unless you have > a specific need that cannot be met in another way, a wrapper script > sounds much easier (and likely cleaner) to me.
I added: `ls > /tmp/ls` .. in my .muttrc .. and despite an error message to the effect that the command doesn't exist .. it actually works. I had tried that earlier .. but since I was getting the error message at mutt's startup .. I didn't think to check /tmp/ls .. :-( As to wrappers vs. a bloated .muttrc ... I have mixed feelings .. sometimes I think I have too many of these wrappers .. maybe the good thing about a one-liner in .muttrc is is that it lets me keep all my mutt config in one place. Thanks and Merry Xmas to both! CJ
