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125 lines
4.4 KiB
Markdown
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# Neomutt
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## Markdown to HTML rendering
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To write more normie-friendly emails, non-plain-text emails are probably better.
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For this, a conversion from Markdown to HTML with Mathjax support seems best.
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It supports all the bells and whistles of markdown (images, links, code, italics, bold) as well as mathemtical formulas in LaTex notation using Mathjax.
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### Configuration
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The conversion is done via pandoc using templates.
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Ensure `pandoc` is installed. (`which pandoc || sudo pacman -S pandoc`)
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Add to your muttrc (either in `~/.mutt/muttrc` or `~/.config/mutt/muttrc`. From now on assuming `~/.config/mutt` as config folder)
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```
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macro compose m \
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"<enter-command>set pipe_decode<enter>\
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<pipe-message>pandoc -f gfm -t plain -o /tmp/msg.txt<enter>\
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<pipe-message>pandoc -s --self-contained -o /tmp/msg.html --resource-path ~/.config/mutt/templates/ --template email<enter>\
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<enter-command>unset pipe_decode<enter>\
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<attach-file>/tmp/msg.txt<enter>\
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<attach-file>/tmp/msg.html<enter>\
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<tag-entry><previous-entry><tag-entry><group-alternatives>" \
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"Convert markdown to HTML5 and plaintext alternative content types"
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```
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Create a folder called `templates`: `mkdir -p ~/.config/mutt/templates`
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and create a file called `email.html` in this folder with the following content:
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```html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="$lang$" xml:lang="$lang$"$if(dir)$ dir="$dir$"$endif$>
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<head>
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<meta charset="utf-8" />
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes" />
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<script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=es6"></script>
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<script type="text/javascript" id="MathJax-script" async
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src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mathjax@3/es5/tex-chtml.js">
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</script>
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<style>
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$styles.html()$
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</style>
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$for(css)$
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="$css$" />
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$endfor$
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<!--[if lt IE 9]>
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<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv-printshiv.min.js"></script>
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<![endif]-->
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$for(header-includes)$
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$header-includes$
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$endfor$
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</head>
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<body>
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$body$
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$for(include-after)$
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$include-after$
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$endfor$
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</body>
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</html>
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```
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### Usage
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To use this, write your email as usual and afterwards, press `m` on the created file in neomutt.
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This will generate a combined file for plaintext fallback in case of unsupported HTML rendering.
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For now, also delete the still present plaintext file with `D`.
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Your email should now be ready to be sent.
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For writing formulas, just use latex syntax in the normal `$` delimiters.
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Be careful on inline formulas, here a whitespace between the leading `$` and the formula breaks the rendering!
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## File Size
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Since Mathjax is creating a binary for the rendering of the math syntax which is embedded in the html, the file sizes are usually around 1 MB.
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This is not necessary when no LaTeX syntax is used.
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Create a second macro for which you use a different template, that excludes the mathjax script.
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This way you can create smaller emails with pure markdown syntax and when necessary can send mathematical formulas, resulting in larger mails.
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For this add the following to the muttrc:
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```
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macro compose l \
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"<enter-command>set pipe_decode<enter>\
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<pipe-message>pandoc -f gfm -t plain -o /tmp/msg.txt<enter>\
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<pipe-message>pandoc -s --self-contained -o /tmp/msg.html --resource-path ~/.config/mutt/templates/ --template email_pure<enter>\
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<enter-command>unset pipe_decode<enter>\
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<attach-file>/tmp/msg.txt<enter>\
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<attach-file>/tmp/msg.html<enter>\
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<tag-entry><previous-entry><tag-entry><group-alternatives>" \
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"Convert markdown to HTML5 and plaintext alternative content types"
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```
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Further create a new file called `email_pure.html` in `mutt/templates` with the following content:
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```html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="$lang$" xml:lang="$lang$"$if(dir)$ dir="$dir$"$endif$>
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<head>
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<meta charset="utf-8" />
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes" />
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<style>
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$styles.html()$
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</style>
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$for(css)$
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="$css$" />
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$endfor$
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<!--[if lt IE 9]>
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<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv-printshiv.min.js"></script>
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<![endif]-->
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$for(header-includes)$
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$header-includes$
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$endfor$
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</head>
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<body>
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$body$
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$for(include-after)$
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$include-after$
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$endfor$
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</body>
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</html>
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```
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TODO: delete plaintext attachment after HTML creation
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TODO: remove `tmp` files after sending
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