Mutt (incl. gmail) widget

If you use mutt to read your emails then you may find this "widget" useful.

Create a script named awesome-mutt and put it a directory (in $PATH or you must use full path)

#!/bin/bash
if [ $1 -gt 0 ]; then RESULT=$1; else RESULT="None"; fi
echo 0 widget_tell sb_status tb_gmail text ${RESULT} unread mail | awesome-client

(of course you must change sb_status and tb_gmail to the correct statusbar-name and textbox-name)

And in .muttrc (or an included config-file):

set status_format="awesome-mutt %u|"

Please put the full path if necessary!

If you (want to) use mutt as a gmail-client, put to ~/.muttrc the next lines:

set from=username@gmail.com
set use_from=yes
set realname="Real Name"
set envelope_from=yes
set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX
set folder = imaps://imap.gmail.com/
set imap_user = 'username@gmail.com'
set imap_pass = 'password'
set header_cache=~/.mutt/hcache
set message_cachedir="~/.mutt/msgcache/"
set sort = threads
set move = no
unset imap_passive
set imap_check_subscribed
set mail_check=60
set timeout=10
set net_inc=5