Hi Paul,
thanks!
I have currently set this to
set editor="vim +/^$ ++1 +start +nohlsearch"
So I guess this would go into
${editor:-vi} $file
But how?
In any case, thanks a lot.
You too, Ed.
Cheers.
On 18 February 2011 23:13, Paul Hoffman <nkui...@nkuitse.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 08:41:18PM +0100, Pau wrote:
>> sorry... I am totally lost... how am I supposed to do this with
>> edit_headers???
>>
>> I can write scripts, but could you please give me an example of what I
>> have to add to muttrc in the headers to call a script that will link
>> that temporary file (what's the syntax for it) with the script??
>>
>> thanks and apologies for my ignorance... I did look at the manual, but
>> it's again the same problem as usual: I am lost when looking at
>> keywords or meaning of expressions, because I am not fluent in English
>
> In ~/.muttrc:
>
> set edit_headers=yes
> set editor=/path/to/my/script
> set tmpdir=/path/to/tempfiles
>
> Then /path/to/my/script has something along these lines:
>
> #!/bin/zsh
>
> typeset file=$1 label subject; shift
> typeset editor=${VISUAL:-$EDITOR}
>
> main() {
> grep '^Subject: ' $file | read label subject
> if [[ -n $subject ]]; then
> newfile=$(sanitize-subject $subject)
> ln -f $file $file:h/$newfile
> fi
> exec ${editor:-vi} $file
> }
>
> sanitize-subject() {
> print -- $1 | perl -pe 's/ +/_/g; tr/A-Z_/a-z_/d; tr/a-z_//cd'
> }
>
> main $@
>
> For example, this would leave a copy of this draft I'm composing right
> now in /path/to/tempfiles/re_renaming_temporary_files.
>
> Paul.
>
>> On 18 February 2011 17:53, Richard <r...@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 02:58:49AM +0100, Pau wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> thanks for the answer... unfortunately I have a precompiled binary. Do
>> >> I really have to change the source for that? I guess so... the change
>> >> is not trivial
>> >
>> > you could define editor to call a wrapper script which would evaluate the
>> > headers and create a "readable" link to the file. With edit-headers you
>> > have
>> > all the information you need inside the file.
>> >
>> >
>> > Richard
>> >
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