Re: shell escape (!) oddity

[Danny O'Brien]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 04:02:58PM -0500, Drew Raines wrote:
> I press ! to execute a shell command, and if I press enter at the prompt
> instead of a command, it kicks me out of mutt without saving.
> 
> If this is the desirable behavior, will someone explain why?

You don't get kicked out - mutt forks a new shell. Type 'exit' or ctrl-D
to return to your previous mutt enjoyment.

d.

> 
> -- 
> Drew
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