Re: Is there a way to have mutt automatically run a script at

2008-12-26 Thread Rocco Rutte
Hi, * Chris Jones wrote: I clearly am clueless as to how mutt's parser operates .. but where's the empty string? The manual clearly states that the first line of the output is interpreted as a muttrc command. That's the empty string in your case. Do you mean that once `ls > /tmp/ls` is exec

Re: Is there a way to have mutt automatically run a script at

2008-12-25 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 09:14:02PM EST, Kyle Wheeler wrote: > On Thursday, December 25 at 07:56 PM, quoth Chris Jones: > >`ls > /tmp/ls` > > > >.. in my .muttrc .. and despite an error message to the effect that the > >command doesn't exist .. it actually works. > > The reason it generates the err

Re: Is there a way to have mutt automatically run a script at

2008-12-25 Thread Kyle Wheeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, December 25 at 07:56 PM, quoth Chris Jones: >`ls > /tmp/ls` > >.. in my .muttrc .. and despite an error message to the effect that the >command doesn't exist .. it actually works. The reason it generates the error is because mutt doesn't

Re: Is there a way to have mutt automatically run a script at

2008-12-25 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 03:48:21PM EST, Michael Kjorling wrote: > On 25 Dec 2008 14:13 -0500, by cjns1...@gmail.com (Chris Jones): > > I guess I could write a wrapper to launch mutt but I was thinking of > > coding something in my .muttrc that would invoke a bash shell & run the > > script but I ha

Re: Is there a way to have mutt automatically run a script at

2008-12-25 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 25Dec2008 20:48, Michael Kjorling wrote: | On 25 Dec 2008 14:13 -0500, by cjns1...@gmail.com (Chris Jones): | > I guess I could write a wrapper to launch mutt but I was thinking of | > coding something in my .muttrc that would invoke a bash shell & run the | > script but I have not found anythi

Re: Is there a way to have mutt automatically run a script at

2008-12-25 Thread Michael Kjorling
On 25 Dec 2008 14:13 -0500, by cjns1...@gmail.com (Chris Jones): > I guess I could write a wrapper to launch mutt but I was thinking of > coding something in my .muttrc that would invoke a bash shell & run the > script but I have not found anything. You can use standard backtick `` syntax in muttr