Appreciate the info. PS: Piping is just native unix so is certainly not limited to mutt or any program. I.e., I have my /etc/mailcap set to pipe html via lynx, wav and mpg via freeamp, etc., etc., so can do this in Pine just fine. But, I really hate those char statements, and I really hate slogging through quotes. On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Chris Nestrud wrote: > Mutt skips any charset announcements. It can also pipe messages through > an appropriate viewer. Perhaps lynx for html messages, antiword for > Microsoft word documents, pdftotext (with a script) for pdf documents. > > Chris > > On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 01:36:33PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > I'm considering trying mutt but wonder what improvements I can expect over > > pine. > > > > After years of using Pine, mine is pretty snappy. Still, there are things > > that annoy me: > > \ > > 1.) I hate all those announcements about char sets. Can mutt skip > > that? > > > > 2.) Will mutt skip quoted text regardless of the marker used? > > > > Thanks, guys. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > > Learn how to make accessible software at > > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
