Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 01:15:40 -0800 From: Jim Mock <mij@geekhouse.net> To: Phil Webb <philwebb@piperain.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mutt setup Message-ID: <20011206091540.GA76848@helios.soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <20011205204411.5F4C33C4A72@gateway.wvi.com> References: <20011205204411.5F4C33C4A72@gateway.wvi.com>
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On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 at 12:44:12 -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) The default muttrc that is used if no ~/.muttrc is found is /usr/local/etc/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. Add this to your .muttrc: set editor="vi" Or just change your EDITOR environment variable to use vi. If you're interested, my mutt configs are on my website: http://geekhouse.net/downloads/ If you use any of them, be sure to modify them to your needs. - jim -- jim mock <mij@geekhouse.net> http://geekhouse.net/ | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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