* Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> [04-27-17 11:21]:
> On 2017-04-27, Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>OK, so how does one do that within mutt?
> >
> > I would suggest that the most prudent approach is to use a lightweight
> > markup language (LML). LMLs tend to be designed such that, while they
> > CAN be rendered into a presentation form, the source code is also
> > (relatively) legible.
> >
> > So, let's say I wanted to write something in bold. In HTML that could be
> ><span style="font-weight:bold">bold</span. In LaTeX, it would be
> > \textbf{bold}. But in markdown, it's simply **bold**.
>
> Yes, I've been using Tex/LaTeX for 25+ years, various roff flavors for
> 30+ years, as well as asciidoc, markdown, and re-strucutred text for
> not-quite-as-many years.
>
> > A good LML would have a MIME type associated with it (I see that
> > markdown does, but reStructuredText doesn't, for example), so it can
> > either be viewed (as source) in the pager or rendered (as presentation
> > form) by a mailcap entry.
>
> The question was how to do it _within_ _mutt_ instead of preparing an
> HTML or PDF file externally and attaching it.
*attaching* it *is* the way "_winthin_ _mutt_".
mutt is a *text* application, not markup/markdown/html/css/.... the way
you define text on *your* system is what you get, not what is sent or what
you send.
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