I wish I had something ready that would be appreciated by all visually impaired Linux-users, but I can't think of anything that I have that fills that bill; so, here's a little something for some of you anyway. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7478895/muttrc Will get you a copy of a rather nicely customized Mutt configuration file, ready to go for gmail users after changing username for your username and a few small similar details. The file is heavily commented, so hopefully a read will explain most of what's going on. There's a link close to the top of the file to a Mutt configuration how-to I wrote for the Vinux Wiki that will explain pretty much everything you have to know that's not in the many comments in the muttrc itself. I've added several extra keybindings to allow one to change some configurations on the fly, some are pretty non-standard configurations, so take a look. For instance you can type "ge", (minus the quotation marks), to use gedit to write your email even though you are running Mutt from a virtual terminal console. Start mutt in a console where you've exported your display first, e.g. export DISPLAY=:0 hit enter and type mutt, press enter again, and assuming you have a GUI session running gedit can be used. To go back to using nano to edit the bodys of email messages; new replies, etc., type ce. There are keystrokes to switch between quick replying, i.e. to and subject header fields are not shown, (offered for edit), when you hit the r to reply to a message. I've also used a much simpler and cleaner/probably more stable, method for interfacing with gpg compared with that used in 98% of the how-tos and demo muttrc files I've seen online. I don't have time to list all the other tweaks and departures from Mutt defaults, but I think and feel that this makes the excellent Mutt email client quite a bit more effective and or usable than other sample set-ups floating around. Feel free to write me off-list with any questions or suggestions for improvements or new functional,ity. BTW, Mutt is alright to use with Orca, but I highly recommend running it in a console instead of gnome, mate, or other terminal emulator so that you can use speakup. Now with an easy way to use GUI editors to write your mail there's no reason to bother with starting Mutt itself from those graphical terminals. Whether or not you choose to use gedit, or configure a graphical alternative, you can open attachments with GUI aps by configuring a mailcap file, either to live in /etc, or in ~/.mutt. I'll tar-up a starter mailcap file, an address alias sorting script and maybe one or two other bits and upload it in a bit, so stay tuned. Even if you've never thought you'd like a CLI mail program, I'd seriously consider giving a well configured mutt installation a try for a week or two. I'm a big thunderbird fan, and used it for years before ever trying mutt, but I must say that Mutt has won my heart and mind, and there's not much risk of new accessibility issues popping up like has been known to happen to us with t-bird. I can read and sort mail quite a bit faster with Mutt than anything else I've tried, and you can filter mail to suit your individual needs and tastes relatively easily/updates won't break extensions like often happens with Mozilla apps...smile So, scarey Christmas, and happy New Fears my friends and fellow Linux-users. -- B.H. Registerd Linux User 521886
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