On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 10:29:03AM -0400 or thereabouts, Bakki Kudva wrote:
[eek, can you split your lines with line-breaks? :)]
> Just starting with mutt and I am excited! Have spent nearly 3 days buried
> in the documentation and have a few questions I hope some one wouldn't
> mind answering.
>
> First of all when I send the message mutt sits there for over a minute
> before coming back with a 'mail sent' message. Why is this? Is there an
> asynchronous mode for this?
Actually, I've seen something similar. If I write a very quick reply,
the "Mail sent" message comes up immediately. If I write a long one,
or stop and do something else instead and so on, there's a substantial
delay before I get that. I had assumed that this was just due to the
"doing something else" and that the process was swapped out or something.
Could this be the solution?
> I am not sure if my Linux box is set up correctly.
I use Linux, but I have no idea here, sorry. I don't use POP so I snipped
that bit, too :)
> A couple of other usability questions I couldn't figure out.
> 1. When composing a new msg is there a way to bring up a picklist of
> pattern matched aliases?
'm' for 'mail'.
At the "To: " prompt, hit the tab key and you'll get a list of your
aliases. Or type the initial letter or two and then hit tab to get
a narrowed-down list of what fits.
> 2. I find myself inadvertently hitting keys..sometimes meant for a
> different console and I lose track of focus..and say ending up in the
> To: prompt when I hit 'm'. ANy way to escape out of these modal
> situations? Is there some way to define a global escape sequence which
> will get you out of any screen and bring you back to say the index screen?
When I mis-key and get up at a prompt like that, I delete the suggested
input (if there's any there) and just hit return on a blank input and
it goes away. (Obviously, this won't work if you're at a 'y/n/q' prompt!)
(You could also alter your mouse focus, of course :))
No idea on the macro, sorry.
Telsa
