Re: [RP] argh. split-screen help.

[Martin Samuelsson]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 09:45:50AM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote:
> So a more pertinent question is, what would the UI of the GIMP look like if
> it *was* designed to play nicely without the rat.  Then one of us could hack
> gtk or whatever.  Theres also the problem with my mail downloader + mutt;
> I'd like mutt to take up all but the top 4 lines of the screen, and the mail
> downloader just the bottom 4; that way I could see if new mail came in without
> losing half the screen.  Maybe theres a better way to achieve that result; 
> I'll
> have to check into it.

how does this downloading thing work? doesn't mutt tell you when you have new 
mail? would there be possible to execute ratpoison with the new echo command to 
display a message each time new mail arrive?