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Date:      Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:51:13 -0600
From:      Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To:        Phil Webb <philwebb@piperain.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Mutt setup
Message-ID:  <20011205145112.H16636@polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011205204411.5F4C33C4A72@gateway.wvi.com>; from philwebb@piperain.com on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 12:44:12PM -0800
References:  <20011205204411.5F4C33C4A72@gateway.wvi.com>

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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 12:44:12PM -0800, Phil Webb wrote:
> In my ongoing adventure gettin my brain around FreeBSD I have decided to move 
> from Kmail in fvwm to mutt in fvwm.
> 
> I installed mutt from ports and printed the "Mutt Manual" from mutt.org.
> 
> In perusing the mutt manual I have two imminent questions.
> 
> 1) On a default mutt install where the heck is .muttrc?  I can't find it in 
> /etc or in /usr/local/share/mutt as the manual says.  Do I need to build my 
> own, or am I gonna break something doing this? (Outside my own mistakes in 
> .muttrc of course)
> 
Mutt resource file for given user in home directory.  e.g., 

		/home/phil/.mutt/muttrc

> 2) Is it possible for me to "call" vi as my editor of choice rather than use 
> the Emacs-style editor built into mutt?  I have no "religious"  bias against 
> Emacs, I am just sticking to the fewest possible variables on the learning 
> curve at any one time and am learning vi for portabilities sake.
> 
I think mutt will use what is defined in the environment variable EDITOR.

-- 
Regards,
Doug

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