From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 5 12:51:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.1.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A2DE37B426 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 12:51:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from shell.core.com (IDENT:2525@shell.voyager.net [169.207.1.89]) by out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fB5KpD610135; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:51:13 -0600 (CST) Received: (from dpoland@localhost) by shell.core.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/1.3) id fB5KpDc20268; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:51:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:51:13 -0600 From: Doug Poland To: Phil Webb Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: Mutt setup Message-ID: <20011205145112.H16636@polands.org> References: <20011205204411.5F4C33C4A72@gateway.wvi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011205204411.5F4C33C4A72@gateway.wvi.com>; from philwebb@piperain.com on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 12:44:12PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message