Dale -- ...and then Dale Woolridge said... % % On 13-Jan-2002 18:49 David T-G wrote: % | % | I take it you want to be sure that the dates are accurate and not from % | startup, right? This is a common problem for headers and such (good old % | uptime) and the answer is usually to put the parsed half in single quotes % | to prevent mutt from executing the innards until the hook is called. % | I should think that that would work for you, too, and would be a lot % | easier to maintain than your patch. Of course, it's not as cool... :-) % % Yes, I do keep mutt running for days at a time. Based on my perusal
Same here -- my mutt start time (on each of my six standard mutt processes!) is typically a few minutes after boot time :-) ... % Okay, that was a long-winded way of disagreeing with your suggestion. The % short one goes like this: I'm very confident that the mbox-hook command % won't allow back tick deferrals by quoting them as you propose. Good enough. I haven't done the research, but wanted to make sure you had all of the ideas available. % % That being said, printf-style sequences might be useful for more than Right. And they're much cooler than just '`command`' quoting! % solving my trivial problems. Of course, other than perhaps message % score, I really can't think of any other uses, but at least my problem % is solved. ;) Right :-) % -- % -Dale :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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