Hi all, On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 03:41:09AM +0100, Leo Vegoda wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:29:49PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > * Luis Mochan <moc...@fis.unam.mx> [07-26-12 22:25]: > > > I receive my email at a desktop in my office and I access it through > > > mutt at my office and remotely through my laptop using IMAP. Thus, I > > > have configuration files at my desktop and at my laptop. However, there > > > are parts of the configuration which should be identical, such as my > > > list of alias and a few macros. Having several copies yields occasional > > > inconsistencies. Is there a reasonable way to keep some configuration > > > files at my office and source them remotely from my laptop when I start > > > mutt? Similarly, I would like to be able to update the files at my > > > office when I define a new alias at my laptop. An alternative would be > > > to use a revision control system to update and synchronize the relevant > > > files among my computers, but I wonder if there is a simpler solution. > > > > I have my mail and mutt on a server and remotely access it so there is > > only one place for configuration files and .... I open a tmux session, > > similar to screen, and remotely access that tmux session from where-ever. > > I even read my mail on site from another computer. > > This is what I do, too but if Luis prefers not to work that way, one > easy way to maintain a single, authoritative configuration on all > systems is to use Dropbox, box.net or one of their competitors.
Well, I have been happily using git for all mutt config related tasks. Works pretty good and is rather shell-bound like mutt is. > I know that Dropbox provides the versioning he wants and I expect > the competitor products do as well. Bye, Thomas
