Thursday, December 16, 2010

Re: introducing vmail

It's not available yet, but I'm hoping some cygwin developers will
help me out on this front with patches and suggestions.


On Dec 15, 10:23 pm, vicky b <vickyb2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Thomas Wienecke
> <wieneck...@googlemail.com>wrote:
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> > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 05:33 PM, Chris Jones <cjns1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 02:49:01PM EST, Daniel Choi wrote:
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> > >> Today I'm releasing a new open source project which I've been working
> > >> on over the last two weeks, but which I've been daydreaming about for
> > >> over a year.
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> > >> It's called vmail. It's a Vim client for Gmail. It's a hybrid
> > >> Ruby/VimScript application.
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> > >>http://danielchoi.com/software/vmail.html
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> > >> This is the first release of vmail so there is a lot of room for
> > >> improvement and feedback will be highly appreciated
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> > > I have not tried vmail as yet, but while reading the above, I did not
> > > see a 'reply-to-list' alongside the 'reply', 'reply to all', etc.
> > > options.
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> > > When a message originates from a mailing list, this automatically sets
> > > the To: header to the mailing list, rather than the OP's email address,
> > > thus helping avoid the familiar: 'why do you reply to me directly, I am
> > > subscribed to the list' .. 'oh, sorry.. my mailer does not support reply
> > > to list'.. etc. etc. exchanges.. :-)
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> > > More to the point, possibly:
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> > > I see on the web page that 'some people love using Vim 1000 times more
> > > than using a web browser or a GUI mail program'. Personally, I use
> > > 'mutt' and I have set it up to use Vim to compose my messages, and where
> > > possible, I have customized it to use Vim-like keyboard actions in the
> > > index and the pager.
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> > > Even for those who currently use a GUI mailer, I think it would be nice
> > > to add a short section to your web page that lists the features of vmail
> > > that might make it a better choice for vimmers, rather than using
> > > half-baked solutions such as mutt+Vim (or TB + vimperator).
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> > > Something like:
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> > > - supports Vim color schemes and syntax highlighting
> > > - supports Vim windowing & tab pages
> > > - uses the same Vim keyboard shortcuts
> > > - supports Vim's Ex mode
> > > - uses Vim's registers and cut&paste mechanisms
> > > - communicates seamlessly with a Vim instance via the system's clipboard
> > > - etc.
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> > > Of course, I have no idea if vmail does any of the above (although the
> > > mention of the completion mechanism & C-W C-O to switch to full screen
> > > mode sound promising), and these are only examples of features that an
> > > average vimmer such as myself might care about.
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> > > In other words, I suggest that vimmers would probably want to know if
> > > they will feel right at home with vmail from the start and how well it
> > > integrates with Vim and their pre-existing Vim setup.
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> > > cj
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> > This message directly comes from vmail. :-)
> > It works pretty good. I think I'll use it in the future.
> > Thanks a lot for this client, I like it!
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> > One feature I would like to see:
> > The merging of E-Mails of one conversation like this 'introducing
> > vmail' conversation. I don't know how you call it, but I think you know
> > what I mean.
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>     is it available in cygwin and when i expect windows version of it.
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