On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:14 AM, Ulrich Lauther <ulrich.laut...@t-online.de> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 09:49:12PM -0400, Xu Wang wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Gregor Zattler <telegr...@gmx.net> wrote: >> > Hi Xu Wang, >> > * Xu Wang <xuwang...@gmail.com> [22. Jun. 2016]: >> >> So I added & to detach. This is good in the sense >> >> that mutt now does not wait for the browser. However, by the time my >> >> browser opens, mutt has already deleted the .html temporary file >> >> because after adding & the command returned immediately? >> >> >> >> Has any one come across this situation and has a similar desire? > > an easy and fast solution is to start the browser BEFORE you enter mutt > and/or to keep it open at all times.
Thank you, I have indeed tested this and it works. But I would prefer a more general solution. I do realize that it is a luxury to dream of solving small annoying issues such as this one. Kind regards, Xu