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hit "a" in the message view.

Bruce W. Mohler <bruce.w.mohler@saic.com> says:
>The only thing I miss from elm is the ease of adding aliases from within
>elm (which makes me think that I'm missing something with how I use
>mutt).
>
>From what I can tell from the documentation, I edit the .mutt.aliases
>file and exit, then restart mutt.
>
>Is there an easier way to do this?
>
>Thanks, in advance.
>
>Bruce
>
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>Of course my password is the same as my pet's name.
>My dog's name is ony6^trop, but I change it every 90 days.


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* Bruce W. Mohler <bruce.w.mohler@saic.com> says:
>The only thing I miss from elm is the ease of adding aliases from within
>elm (which makes me think that I'm missing something with how I use mutt).
>From what I can tell from the documentation, I edit
>the .mutt.aliases file and exit, then restart mutt.
>Is there an easier way to do this?

* dbt <dbt@meat.net>:
> hit "a" in the message view.

But this won't update the currently running mutt.

I see two options:
(1) Source the alias file from within mutt (":source filename") or
(2) Copy the new alias definitions into mutt's command line.

Copying is easy when you use "screen".
Type CTRL-A ESC to get into copy mode,
move the cursor with vi-like commands,
press SPACE to set the start position,
move the cursor again, and press SPACE
again at the end position to copy the
selected text into the copy buffer.

Switch to the mutt window, press ':'
(to switch to the command line) and
type CTRL-A ] to paste the copied text.

Repeat for all new aliases.

Done.

Sven

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Sven Guckes wrote:
>
> * Bruce W. Mohler <bruce.w.mohler@saic.com> says:
> >The only thing I miss from elm is the ease of adding aliases from within
> >elm (which makes me think that I'm missing something with how I use mutt).
> >From what I can tell from the documentation, I edit
> >the .mutt.aliases file and exit, then restart mutt.
> >Is there an easier way to do this?
>
> * dbt <dbt@meat.net>:
> > hit "a" in the message view.
>
> But this won't update the currently running mutt.
>
> I see two options:
> (1) Source the alias file from within mutt (":source filename") or
> (2) Copy the new alias definitions into mutt's command line.
>
> Copying is easy when you use "screen".
> Type CTRL-A ESC to get into copy mode,
> move the cursor with vi-like commands,
> press SPACE to set the start position,
> move the cursor again, and press SPACE
> again at the end position to copy the
> selected text into the copy buffer.
>
> Switch to the mutt window, press ':'
> (to switch to the command line) and
> type CTRL-A ] to paste the copied text.
>
> Repeat for all new aliases.
>
> Done.
>
> Sven
>
> --
> Sven Guckes guckes@math.fu-berlin.de using screen-3.9.5 [990901]
> SCREEN: www.guckes.net/screen/ - the terminal window manager!  Digraph input.
> Run processes offline. Copy&paste text between windows. Create screen backlogs,
> dumps and logs.  Share your terminal with others - see what they type.

In other words, there's not an easy, elegent solution.

I'm sort of amazed.  mutt does so many things well.

I really like being able to browse the directories to either save a
message or find a file to attach to a message.

I wish mutt provided the same easy alias editing of ol' elm...

Thanks, Sven.

Bruce

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Bruce W. Mohler     <><        858-826-2675 (voice)
SAIC/ITS/Server Support        858-826-7806 (fax)
Sr UNIX system administrator   888-781-5697 (pager)
              Semper fi        mailto:bruce.w.mohler@saic.com
Of course my password is the same as my pet's name.
My dog's name is ony6^trop, but I change it every 90 days.

Bruce W. Mohler <bruce.w.mohler@saic.com> says:
>In other words, there's not an easy, elegent solution.
>
>I'm sort of amazed.  mutt does so many things well.
>
>I really like being able to browse the directories to either save a
>message or find a file to attach to a message.
>
>I wish mutt provided the same easy alias editing of ol' elm...

Sven is confused.  The create-alias command adds the alias to the
currently running instantiation of mutt.  Anything else would be
stupid.

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Sven Guckes <guckes@math.fu-berlin.de> says:
>* Bruce W. Mohler <bruce.w.mohler@saic.com> says:
>>The only thing I miss from elm is the ease of adding aliases from within
>>elm (which makes me think that I'm missing something with how I use mutt).
>>From what I can tell from the documentation, I edit
>>the .mutt.aliases file and exit, then restart mutt.
>>Is there an easier way to do this?
>
>* dbt <dbt@meat.net>:
>> hit "a" in the message view.
>
>But this won't update the currently running mutt.

It doesn't?  It did the last time I checked.

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David Terrell                             | dbt@meat.net
Prime Minister, Nebcorp Inc               | http://wwn.nebcorp.com/

* dbt <dbt@meat.net>:
> Sven is confused.  The create-alias command adds the alias to the
> currently running instantiation of mutt.  Anything else would be stupid.

So mutt once was stupid.  ;-)

Confirmed.  Mutt's "create-alias" does not only add an alias to the
alias file but also adds it to the alias list of the running mutt.
Mutt sucks less and less...  :-)

Now, as for creating *group* asliases on the fly...

Sven

Sven Guckes wrote:
>
> * dbt <dbt@meat.net>:
> > Sven is confused.  The create-alias command adds the alias to the
> > currently running instantiation of mutt.  Anything else would be stupid.
>
> So mutt once was stupid.  ;-)
>
> Confirmed.  Mutt's "create-alias" does not only add an alias to the
> alias file but also adds it to the alias list of the running mutt.
> Mutt sucks less and less...  :-)
>
> Now, as for creating *group* asliases on the fly...
>
> Sven

I just went back and re-read your original message.  "Use the 'a'
command...".  Works for me.

Thanks, Sven and dbt.

Bruce

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Bruce W. Mohler     <><        858-826-2675 (voice)
SAIC/ITS/Server Support        858-826-7806 (fax)
Sr UNIX system administrator   888-781-5697 (pager)
              Semper fi        mailto:bruce.w.mohler@saic.com
Of course my password is the same as my pet's name.
My dog's name is ony6^trop, but I change it every 90 days.