On 27.04.17 09:21, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 08:54:45PM +0000, Grant Edwards 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.
Ahem, message composition is performed in the editor, either vim or
emacs for the majority of mutt users, I expect. And vim is
latex-friendly (Try :help latex). Then there's the vim-markdown plugin
if that's preferred.
Either way, format faffing is exclusively editor work. It has nothing
to do with the lid on the SMTP pipe - the MUA. That deals with composed
messages - it should not recompose them in transit.
> 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**.
>
> 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.
Is it necessary to send the body as an attachment in order to awaken
that mime stuff?
When I had to pretty-font a report for management over a decade ago, I
composed it in vim, then performed a fontification in openoffice, and
gave them a M$-compatible attachment. Problem fixed.
Erik
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