David DeSimone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 26 Jan 2000:
> By the way, something to watch out for in .mutrrc's:
> 
>     set reply_regexp = "^(re|aw):[ \t]*"
> 
> This doesn't do what you think it does; Mutt sees the "\t" as simply
> "t", because backslashes are parsed within double-quotes.

Yes, but it doesn't matter if it's parsed on the first pass (the quotes)
or the second pass (the regexp) -- a \t is always the tab character, no?

I do remember someone having a problem with t's disappearing from the
beginnings of subjects, so obviously it can be a problem, I just don't
see how.

> Maybe there's a way to get middle-matching of subjects; I'll have to
> play with it.

Probably not with the current code.  With patches, certainly.


Mikko
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