on Tue,07 Aug 2001, Ricardo SIGNES wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> I'd like to set up a folder hook so that when entering a folder that looks
> like "=bar/foo", my From is set to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> While I know I can do this pretty easily with one folder hook per folder,
> I wonder if I can use regex to simplify it. For example, something like
>
> folder-hook /=(\d+)/(\d)+/ set from_addr="samael-$2@$1.manxome.org"
>
> (I know this is probably quite wrong. I have less-than-extensive
> experience with mutt regex and hooks. I wrote my muttrc and forgot about
> it -- but I remember basically how it works.
>
> I assume going back to normal can be handled with a simple !pattern...
>
I could certainly make use of backreferences and in the process eliminate
over 100 hooks in my muttrc. I don't think there's a way of doing what
you're describing - but I'd really appreciate it if I were proven wrong ;-)
Chris
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