mutt and vim settings

#1 06-25-2007, 04:16 AM

I am using Mutt for the first time and would appreciate a bit of
advice on using vim as an external editor. What settings are people
using when using vim in this way? I was keen on the follwoing:

1. Line length 72 characters('+set tw=72')
2. Ability to modify headers??

But I am not sure of the correct syntax for this, and I am sure there
are extra settings that could be used.

Thanks for any help,

Andrew

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#2 06-25-2007, 04:48 AM

On 2007-06-25, andrew <nospam@andrew.invalid> wrote:
> I am using Mutt for the first time and would appreciate a bit of
> advice on using vim as an external editor. What settings are people
> using when using vim in this way? I was keen on the follwoing:
>
> 1. Line length 72 characters('+set tw=72')
> 2. Ability to modify headers??

OK I have solved this part:

# option "+/^$" puts cursor in first blank line
set editor="vim -c 'set tw=70 et' '+/^$'"
set edit_headers

Now: how do I strip out the signature in replies?

Andrew

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#3 06-25-2007, 10:38 AM

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:48:56 +0000, andrew wrote:

> On 2007-06-25, andrew <nospam@andrew.invalid> wrote:
>> I am using Mutt for the first time and would appreciate a bit of advice
>> on using vim as an external editor. What settings are people using when
>> using vim in this way? I was keen on the follwoing:
>>
>> 1. Line length 72 characters('+set tw=72')
>> 2. Ability to modify headers??
>
> OK I have solved this part:
>
> # option "+/^$" puts cursor in first blank line
> set editor="vim -c 'set tw=70 et' '+/^$'"

I'd suggest you put those options into a filetype script. There's
mail.vim which is included with vim and includes a few nice settings, and
of course you can extend it to your liking.

> set edit_headers
>
> Now: how do I strip out the signature in replies?

silent! /^> --\s*$/,$d

That should do the trick.

BjÃ¶rn

#4 06-25-2007, 07:33 PM

On 2007-06-25, Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:48:56 +0000, andrew wrote:
>
>> On 2007-06-25, andrew <nospam@andrew.invalid> wrote:
>>> I am using Mutt for the first time and would appreciate a bit of advice
>>> on using vim as an external editor. What settings are people using when
>>> using vim in this way? I was keen on the follwoing:
>>>
>>> 1. Line length 72 characters('+set tw=72')
>>> 2. Ability to modify headers??

[...]

>
> I'd suggest you put those options into a filetype script. There's
> mail.vim which is included with vim and includes a few nice settings, and
> of course you can extend it to your liking.

Thanks for your very helpful reply. I have had a _proper_ look at my
system and as you mentioned there are several sample .muttrc files not
only packaged with vim but also with mutt itself. A rain-filled long
weekend woulc be required to look at these properly I suspect :-)

Andrew

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