On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:35:02PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 02:42:20PM +0200, Ulrich Lauther wrote: > > BTW, in my current environment - Ubuntu 12.4 - pressing F1 does NOT > > bring up the mutt-manual, but the manual of the gnome-termial in which > > it is run. > > Well, I explained how to fix that in a previous post. But since you > mention Ubuntu 12, open systems settings, then: > > Hardware -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Launchers -> launch help browser > > And set it to disabled (if it isn't already).
yes, it is. > If that alone doesn't > solve it, you may also need to disable F1 behavior in gnome-terminal > if you use that as your terminal... IIRC there isn't a menu option > for it, you have to use some gconf command, google will help you find > it I'm sure. > I tried via the gnome editor, without success. But via the edit button of a gnome-terminal it can be done. Thank you! > > but did not understand the concept of "from you": how knows mutt who is me? > > > > I was then directed to the alternates command, and found > > > > "That's the purpose of the alternates command: It takes a > > list of regular expressions, each of which can identify an > > address under which you receive e-mail." > > > > This again confused me: I wanted a decision based on the From: field, > > so I was thinking of sending, not receiving. > > As I mentioned though, there's really no reason this should be > confusing: The list of addresses to which you receive mail is > (theoretically) the same list of e-mail addresses you send mail as. > This should be obvious. You could replace either "send as" or > "receive to" with "use" and it would be perfectly fine. > > > It takes a list of regular expressions, each of which can identify > > an address under which you receive or send e-mail. > > It may be used in the index_format with the format-string %F to indicate > > that a message is from you > > It doesn't really make sense to call out this one example of how > alternates is used, as it is used in several ways. However it should, > arguably, list them ALL. Yes. > > > When writing this message I had a hard time to find the relevant parts of > > the manual. > > One would, e.g., expect a list of all variables in > > http://mutt-ng.berlios.de/manual/variables.html > > And so you do. The table of obsolete variables that starts the > section is just that, and is followed immediately by the rest of the > variables. Note at the bottom of the page, you'll see the entry for > $abort_noattach, which you will note is not in the obsolete table. > Clicking through the "next" links gives you all of the variables, with > one variable per page. > > Granted, this is a horrible, horrible way to present the list of > variables; but this is a problem with the way the HTML version of the > manual is presented--not a problem with the manual itself per se. > Wouldn't it be possible and nice to have after "A complete list of current variables follows." A terse, overview-like list of current variables in a similar form as that of the obsolete ones, each entry linked to the respective explanation? > > Not so. Just obsolete variables are shown (and now valid counterparts). > > So index_format is there, alternates not. > > You won't find alternates there because it is not a variable (though > it was, once, but no longer). It's a command. > Yes, my blindness. The command list "3. Configuration Commands" has exactly the form I would like to see for variables. Again, thanks for explanations. ulrich
