[Users] External editor?

[Charles Lehner]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 14:22:42 +1100
blind Pete <peter_s_d at fastmail.com.au> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 21:41:36 -0500
> Charles Lehner <clm.cel at celehner.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 18:19:22 -0800
> > Thomas Taylor <linxt at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > How do I select what external editor is used for a claws-mail
> > > reply (Shift-Ctrl-X)?
> > > 
> > > I would expect some sort of drop down box listing installed
> > > editors or something in configuration but don't find that.
> > > 
> > > Thanks, Tom
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi Tom,
> > 
> > There is an option to change the command used for external editor
> > in Preferences/Message View/External Programs. A drop-down box
> > could be cool though.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Charles
> 
> Ha!  Just added "+set syntax=mail" to that.  Gvim was recognising
> files from CM as being emails.  Go figure.
> 

Good idea. I've been doing something similar using an autocommand in my vimrc:

au BufNewFile,BufRead ~/.claws-mail/tmp/tmpmsg.* set ft=mail
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