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Press one or two keys, and have the paper converted to PDF, moved to aįolder that synchronized with my iPad, and added to my GTD system.Įventually I figured out how to get Mutt to do that, too, but first Using a program like nmh or Mutt to take an email with a student paper, I had recently developed a plain-text system for GettingĪlso beginning to experiment with a workflow for grading on my

Was the ability to “pipe” email messages directly to other command-line The other thing that appealed to me about Ramsay’s description of nmh Like a good way to test it out and see if I wanted to use it I was worriedĪbout the steep learning curve for Vim, but using it for email seemed Scholarly writing, largely for the reasons that Lincoln Mullen laterīut my brother had also been twisting my arm to try Vim. Ramsay’s post, I had begun to experiment with plain text for doing my Plain text editor like Vim to edit email. What appealed to me about both nmh and Mutt was the ability to use a Tools, it was clear that Mutt would be a more comfortable place to start Learning about Unix, and while I was ready to try some command-line Nmh, but that didn’t take long because there’s not much supportĭocumentation for it on the web. Was interested enough in his description to read a little more about Which included a sales pitch for an even more archaic email program (or If I recall correctly, I started using Mutt not long after reading Besides, I am an historian by trade, so I tend to think that Have already implied, Mutt has its reasons of which Reason knows This was originally going to be a section on why I use Mutt, but as I If there’s nothing here you didn’t alreadyīut the best source of information remains the

#Define mutt install
Someone who has already imbibed enough of the kool-aid to install the Running log of tricks I’ve learned about Mutt along the way, aimed at That disclaimer means that this essay is less a sales pitch than a Time I’ve saved using these tools, but I’m pretty sure it hasn’t.” The Recently confessed that “I would like to think that the time I’ve spentĭeveloping tools to make writing more efficient has been repaid by the It took a long time of hacking around before Mutt began to save me time,Īnd the initial time investment probably isn’t worth it unless you enjoy (as the tagline on the official website admits), but it works for me. For about six months now, I’ve been using
