mutt-launcher

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 #
   3 # This is a wrapper around the "mutt" executable that takes the number
   4 # of columns and lines present in the terminal as its first and second
   5 # arguments. This works around an issue where launching "mutt" right
   6 # away in a brand-new terminal launches it before the COLUMNS and
   7 # LINES variables are set, and thus before "tput" knows how wide the
   8 # terminal is.
   9 #
  10 # You will have to manually compute the right number of columns/rows
  11 # by launching a terminal of your preferred size/font and then using
  12 # "tput cols" and "tput lines" to figure out how many columns/lines
  13 # it has.
  14 #
  15 if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
  16     echo "Usage: mutt-launcher <ncols> <nrows> [other-args]"
  17     exit 1
  18 fi
  19 export COLUMNS="${1}"
  20 shift
  21 export LINES="${1}"
  22 shift
  23
  24 exec mutt "${@}"