Charles Jie muttered: > BTW, I found I can not handle mutt's regexp though I'm an experienced > Perl programmer. :) > > color index red default '~b (Charles|Charlie)' => Unmatched ( > > not to mention: > > color index red default '~b Charl(es|ie)' => Unmatched ( > > * Could anybody explain mutt's operator precedence and association > criteria?
You have to escape the pipe Symbol i.e. color index red default '~b Charl(es \| ie)' This is an annoyance bugging me for a log time btw. HTH, Michael -- The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned. (Bruce Ediger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], in comp.os.linux.misc, on X interfaces.) PGP-Key: http://www-stud.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/~tatgeml/public.key