Re: shell escape (!) oddity

2001-09-14 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 04:02:58PM -0500, Drew Raines wrote: > I press ! to execute a shell command, and if I press enter at the prompt > instead of a command, it kicks me out of mutt without saving. > > If this is the desirable behavior, will someone explain why? It is the logical behaviour! >

Re: shell escape (!) oddity

2001-09-14 Thread Dan Boger
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 04:02:58PM -0500, Drew Raines wrote: > I press ! to execute a shell command, and if I press enter at the prompt > instead of a command, it kicks me out of mutt without saving. > > If this is the desirable behavior, will someone explain why? it doesn't actually kick you ou

Re: shell escape (!) oddity

2001-09-14 Thread Drew Raines
* Danny O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You don't get kicked out - mutt forks a new shell. Type 'exit' or ctrl-D > to return to your previous mutt enjoyment. Ah. That would explain why one day when I was confirming this behavior, there were many, many mutt processes running :) Thanks. -- Dre

Re: shell escape (!) oddity

2001-09-14 Thread Volker Moell
Drew Raines wrote: > I press ! to execute a shell command, and if I press enter at the prompt > instead of a command, it kicks me out of mutt without saving. Not really: Type "exit" and you get back to mutt. It's just a sub shell. > If this is the desirable behavior, will someone explain why?

Re: shell escape (!) oddity

2001-09-14 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 04:02:58PM -0500, Drew Raines wrote: > I press ! to execute a shell command, and if I press enter at the prompt > instead of a command, it kicks me out of mutt without saving. > > If this is the desirable behavior, will someone explain why? You don't get kicked out - mutt

shell escape (!) oddity

2001-09-14 Thread Drew Raines
I press ! to execute a shell command, and if I press enter at the prompt instead of a command, it kicks me out of mutt without saving. If this is the desirable behavior, will someone explain why? -- Drew