From: Gaute Hope Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:18:59 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Re: Looking for the perfect mail client X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=821397716f3c020b331af5506123b8c86300eb33;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: Looking for the perfect mail client --- diff --git a/e9/c9958d2def9935a4a75b8d4fbf2a746583ac44 b/e9/c9958d2def9935a4a75b8d4fbf2a746583ac44 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2b399bebf --- /dev/null +++ b/e9/c9958d2def9935a4a75b8d4fbf2a746583ac44 @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7C7431FB6 + for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:19:12 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.7 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id A1XH3hYkc7As for ; + Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:19:06 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com + [209.85.217.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E35F3431FAE + for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:19:05 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by mail-lb0-f181.google.com with SMTP id l4so786440lbv.26 + for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:19:04 -0700 (PDT) +X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=1e100.net; s=20130820; + h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:subject:to:references:in-reply-to + :user-agent:message-id:mime-version:content-type + :content-transfer-encoding; + bh=Zo6tBDNwUUxmkk4ZEQ3dPXRJyQ78l4oxwJLkk6CETbo=; + b=C5g7V+s0LifUbaMXIsNyLJ+KVR602qeX1uTaRqfVdH0gBMRkfMKLqJItvHtLjbVOa0 + 4uvbodeT27B8dSIf+3q0e/cbeoqmKLSu6LTAkyneM0HPUk96f9c1+arxnFyIeqmMgMmY + VUgCBn7jcyVCGpWtAs/BuMaHWCQZ6SjRuW9/F+bOinqazI4R63ppI+ncyWVBVVkrE3cR + 9USnTuWnE/g/SKlQNPjcqzsbKOHECqHoJ4686qH2bkWkPqPUX9Zz5lCSQZ1dGFzpimpQ + GEfKdHsxNOWWUE3NJ6Dca+DZ05DH1DSufoFLcwYuY5aUd2kjN76A4QgjnSIcHhiCzAxX + 8Puw== +X-Gm-Message-State: + ALoCoQmwWrVDfN0UojU0fCqxcrZZzq48jtOFzmt/3XRe5VB9yy/xepnsqUQNOowOkT62cBpAE1v0 +X-Received: by 10.152.8.12 with SMTP id n12mr33777253laa.51.1413890342607; + Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:19:02 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost (cD572BF51.dhcp.as2116.net. [81.191.114.213]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k16sm4418969laa.10.2014.10.21.04.19.00 + for + (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); + Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:19:01 -0700 (PDT) +Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:18:59 +0000 +From: Gaute Hope +Subject: Re: Looking for the perfect mail client +To: "notmuch@notmuchmail.org" , Sepp Tannhuber + +References: <1413885757.29658.YahooMailNeo@web172702.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> +In-Reply-To: <1413885757.29658.YahooMailNeo@web172702.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> +User-Agent: astroid/v554cefbd (https://github.com/gauteh/astroid) +Message-Id: <1413890106-astroid-0-86wl0ou9rn-2995@strange> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:19:12 -0000 + +Excerpts from Sepp Tannhuber's message of October 21, 2014 12:02: +> Dear all, +> +> I'm wondering whether there's a notmuch mail client +> - with a handling similar to alot +> - which is capable to show html content without html2ascii conversion +> - which can use vim as editor +> - which doesn't need a web browser +> - which doesn't need a mouse +> - which is fast +> +> In principle, alot is the perfect mail client for me except that I've +> many problems with all the html mails people send to me. So I'm wondering +> whether anybody knows a webkit based alot fork or something similar. It's +> strange that after so many years I'm still looking for the perfect mail +> client. + +Hi Sepp, + +I am working on something called 'astroid' which is a GTK+ and WebKit +based email client for notmuch. + +- It can show html parts inline if you choose to. +- It shows previews of image attachments. +- It uses vim (embedded) as editor. +- It is entirely navigated using the keyboard (based on vim) +- It is fairly fast (but requires optimization of some parts) (probably + disputed). + +It is, however, very pre-alpha-beta. If you are brave enough, +please feel free to try it out: + + https://github.com/gauteh/astroid + +There are some screenshots here: + + http://gaute.vetsj.com/arkiv/astroid/screenshots/ + +You can press '?' to get a brief overview of the keybindings (they are +based on those of sup [0]). But I haven't completed the help stuff yet, +in that case refer to the source code (did I mention it was pre-alpha?). + +Not all features are ready (notably encryption), but it is complete +enough for daily usage - at least for me. + +I was planning to make it a little bit more user friendly to try out and +use before I announced it, but I think it fits your description (it was +at least what I was attempting to solve when I started it). The +README.md [1] covers basic compilation and setup steps, and I tried to +collect what is required for setting astroid up on a fresh Ubuntu in the +wiki [2]. + +[0] http://supmua.org/ +[1] https://github.com/gauteh/astroid/blob/master/README.md +[2] https://github.com/gauteh/astroid/wiki/Ubuntu + +=