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I miss using a TUI for mail but it looks like they haven’t really solved the most important reason I don’t, which is rendering HTML emails.

Tmpod 2y ago
You can configure aerc to pass the email contents through an intermediate program depending on the MIME type. I believe it renders HTML through w3m by default or something like that. Of course it isn't full rendering with CSS and whatnot, but it is pretty good for most mails.
- kemiller 2y ago
  Yeah, I get that, but it's still not a great experience, and inconsistent. It would be cool to see something that uses iTerm's support for inline images: https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html Not sure how practical that actually would be, but I can dream.
  - shiomiru 2y ago
    w3m supports inline images; I don't know if they work in aerc, though.
  - 3np 2y ago
    You can make this work! Sixels work with w3m (which you can either reconfigure or replace)
ndegruchy 2y ago
Emacs (even on the TTY), can do a decent job of rendering markup using it's built in EWW browser. Works pretty well, at least for most of the content I'm looking for. Using it with Notmuch or mu4e is not the easiest thing to do, but it works pretty solidly.
- School-Cotton 2y ago
  For when eww doesn't work, this snippet will let you type "c v" in a notmuch mail buffer to render the html content of an email in an external browser: (defun btv/notmuch-browse-html () (interactive "") (let ((html-part (seq-find (lambda (elt) (pcase-let ((`(,begin ,end ,props) elt)) (let* ((part (plist-get props :notmuch-part)) (type (or (plist-get part :computed-type) (plist-get part :content-type)))) (and (equal type "text/html") begin)))) (object-intervals (current-buffer))))) (when html-part (save-excursion (goto-char (1+ (car html-part))) (notmuch-show-view-part))))) (add-hook 'notmuch-show-mode-hook (lambda () (define-key notmuch-show-stash-map "v" 'btv/notmuch-browse-html)))
- kemiller 2y ago
  I genuinely wish I liked using emacs.
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layer8 2y ago
Rendering HTML emails is fine, IMO, unless you want images. (I use mutt with w3m auto-view.) What’s more difficult is authoring/replying to HTML emails.
- konfekt 2y ago
  Try set send_multipart_alternative_filter=markdown2html.py [0] in your muttrc [0] https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/blob/master/contrib/markdown2html https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/blob/master/contrib/markdo...
tristan957 2y ago
I use lynx to render html email. Other people use w3m. It's your choice and it's a solved problem.

Tmpod 2y ago

You can configure aerc to pass the email contents through an intermediate program depending on the MIME type. I believe it renders HTML through w3m by default or something like that. Of course it isn't full rendering with CSS and whatnot, but it is pretty good for most mails.

kemiller 2y ago
Yeah, I get that, but it's still not a great experience, and inconsistent. It would be cool to see something that uses iTerm's support for inline images: https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html Not sure how practical that actually would be, but I can dream.
- shiomiru 2y ago
  w3m supports inline images; I don't know if they work in aerc, though.
- 3np 2y ago
  You can make this work! Sixels work with w3m (which you can either reconfigure or replace)

ndegruchy 2y ago

Emacs (even on the TTY), can do a decent job of rendering markup using it's built in EWW browser. Works pretty well, at least for most of the content I'm looking for. Using it with Notmuch or mu4e is not the easiest thing to do, but it works pretty solidly.

School-Cotton 2y ago
For when eww doesn't work, this snippet will let you type "c v" in a notmuch mail buffer to render the html content of an email in an external browser: (defun btv/notmuch-browse-html () (interactive "") (let ((html-part (seq-find (lambda (elt) (pcase-let ((`(,begin ,end ,props) elt)) (let* ((part (plist-get props :notmuch-part)) (type (or (plist-get part :computed-type) (plist-get part :content-type)))) (and (equal type "text/html") begin)))) (object-intervals (current-buffer))))) (when html-part (save-excursion (goto-char (1+ (car html-part))) (notmuch-show-view-part))))) (add-hook 'notmuch-show-mode-hook (lambda () (define-key notmuch-show-stash-map "v" 'btv/notmuch-browse-html)))
kemiller 2y ago
I genuinely wish I liked using emacs.

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layer8 2y ago

Rendering HTML emails is fine, IMO, unless you want images. (I use mutt with w3m auto-view.) What’s more difficult is authoring/replying to HTML emails.

konfekt 2y ago
Try set send_multipart_alternative_filter=markdown2html.py [0] in your muttrc [0] https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/blob/master/contrib/markdown2html https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/blob/master/contrib/markdo...

tristan957 2y ago

I use lynx to render html email. Other people use w3m. It's your choice and it's a solved problem.