On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 04:54:10PM +0100, Byrial Jensen wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 13:27:25 +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > A typical situation: I receive a message with a couple of files
> > attached. I want to save them in some directory. I press v, then s
> > and Mutt prompts me to enter the file name. Now I want just to prepend
> > a different directory name before the default file name which suits me
> > fine. I move to the start of line and begin typing. After first three
> > characters I remember the file name autocompletion feature and press
> > Tab. The directory name gets expanded, but everything after it (i.e.
> > the default file name) disappears. Very annoying, isn't it?
>
> It doesn't matter. Just type the directory and press enter. Then
> Mutt will ask: "File is a directory, save under it?", and the
> attachment will saved in the specified directory with the default
> filename if you answer yes.
Thanks, I didn't know that. Perhaps it should be mentioned in the
manual? (Or is it already?)
Anyway, this should be fixed. What if one edits the default file name
before deciding to insert another directory name in front of it? What
if one decides to add an alias in front of the long To: list?
Marius Gedminas
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