On 2026-10-27 07:37, Mutt list wrote:
> On Tue, 2026/10/27 at 00:06:46 -0500, Mutt User List wrote:
> > Thank you! And what would I do if I wanted Ctrl-Alt-z? So a
> > three-key combination, with Ctrl-Alt-z all pressed together to
> > activate the operation?
>
> Ctrl-z in linux will suspend the current application in a shell, so that
> combination is out. I tried the following combinations instead
> macro index <esc><C-.>
> macro index <C-A-.>
> macro index <C-\e-.>
> macro index <\e-C-.>
> and neither of them worked (as I had expected).
Typically the "alt is being held down" is transmitted by prefixing a
character(-sequence) with Esc (0x1B), and the control character gets
transmitted by effectively masking off the top 0x1F bits ("& !0x1F") of
letters. So for ctrl+alt+z, I'd expect it so send
<esc><ctrl-z>
but if the ^Z suspends mutt, then Sirius correctly establishes
that you'd have to use a different key. But you also can't send
control+period because it's not a letter.
So you'd likely have to try
control+alt+{letter}
Where {letter} isn't Z because ^Z suspends, or possibly C because ^C is
a break, G because ^G is sometimes a cancel, or S/Q because ^S/^Q are
flow-control characters that your terminal might intercept).
At least that's where I'd start with testing :-)
-tkc
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