mutt 2.2.10 released

[Mark E. Mallett]

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 02:12:00PM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> Hi Mutt Users,
> 
> I've just released version 2.2.10.

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Thanks for the many updates and improvements and maintenance.

That's all I have to say but since I haven't posted to this list this
decade, maybe even last one, I figured I'd be blabby today.

And blabbing on, why not. I have maintained a personal patch file that I
apply when I want to build a new mutt. It used to have a bunch of things
in it but as time has gone on it's gotten smaller and smaller.  Which I
think is a great sign. Among the only significant things in it now are
to add and implement a couple of muttrc variables to set a top and
bottom margin, since I like to break up any wall of solid text. As I
mentioned on the list back in 2004:

    One of the first things I ever did when getting mutt was a hack to
    add top and bottom margins, since I didn't like the text crammed up
    against the top and bottom.

I've said something about this a couple of times I think, but never got
any interest, so I've kept them in my personal patch set.

This actually used to be a fairly non-trivial patch, having to calculate
offsets here and there, but at some point mutt 'window' management was
changed and the margins got a lot easier. Of course I don't know that
they work in all environments since I don't use some facilities (e.g.
sidebars) but they continue to work for me.

But I digress.

Thanks again,
-mm-

(Will probably write again before 2038)