Add new mail_mutt.vim plugin, apply mappings

This plugin provides a shortcut for staring email messages in Mutt with
a range of lines.

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/vim/plugin/mail_mutt.vim b/vim/plugin/mail_mutt.vim
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+"
+" mail_mutt.vim: Start a mutt(1) message with the lines in the given range,
+" defaulting to the entire buffer.
+"
+" Author: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
+" License: Same as Vim itself
+"
+if exists('g:loaded_mail_mutt')
+      \ || !has('user_commands')
+      \ || &compatible
+  finish
+endif
+let g:loaded_mail_mutt = 1
+
+" Declare function
+function! s:MailMutt(start, end)
+
+  " Check we'll have mutt(1) to execute
+  if !executable('mutt')
+    echoerr 'mutt not found in $PATH'
+    finish
+  endif
+
+  " Create a temporary file
+  let l:tf = tempname()
+
+  " Write the contents of the buffer to it
+  let l:range = a:start . ',' . a:end
+  let l:command = 'write ' . fnameescape(l:tf)
+  execute l:range . l:command
+
+
+  " Run mutt(1) with that file as its input
+  execute '!mutt -i ' . shellescape(l:tf)
+
+endfunction
+
+" Create a command to wrap around that function
+command -nargs=0 -range=%
+      \ MailMutt 
+      \ call <SID>MailMutt(<line1>, <line2>)