Re: make mutt the `standard' mail reader
On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 10:26:06PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 02:36:47AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 06:10:09PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > > Well, maybe. I find config menus to be infuriating. elm's config files
> > > don't seem to have an awful lot of flexibility either. I have
> > > similar problems with the `tin' newsreader, which I otherwise like.
> >
> > The single worst thing about tin is its license. I tried slrn but it needs
> > a lot of help in the screen and default key binding department.
> >
> > Whoever heard of not being able to use j/k to move up and down? Must have
> > been written by some emacs zealots. :)
>
> doh! i only just switched to mutt a month or so ago. didn't realise that
> j and k were bound to next/prev message. good, that frees up up and down
> arrow for scrolling the message up and down (the one thing i miss from
> pine).
>
I won't ask how you missed that :) Thats one of the things I really like
about mutt - the fact that you can bind any keys (and combinations) to
anything you like, commands or macros. Just look at a sample config file and
press ? more often :)
Chris
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