Aliases

2018-11-19 Thread steve
Hi, I'm using the alias functionality very often, but there is one thing lacking or that I haven't found yet. Let's say I have a group alias like this alias group1 a,b,c,d and a simple one like this alias joe j...@example.com Now, I would like to create a new message with m, then the TO fiel

Re: Aliases

2018-11-19 Thread Anders Damsgaard
Hi Steve, Maybe you are already aware of this plugin, but https://github.com/vim-scripts/mutt-aliases allows you to autocomplete aliases from insert mode in vim, which is useful if you `set edit_headers` in your muttrc. In your example you would input group1 as the recipients (`To: `) field i

Re: Aliases

2018-11-19 Thread Felix Finch
On 20181119, steve wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using the alias functionality very often, but there is one thing > lacking or that I haven't found yet. > > Let's say I have a group alias like this > > alias group1 a,b,c,d > > and a simple one like this >

Re: Aliases

2018-11-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
has askcc=yes been set in the .muttrc file? If yes, why does the use of aliases block the prompt from being displayed? On Mon, 19 Nov 2018, Felix Finch wrote: > Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:20:29 > From: Felix Finch > To: users > Subject: Re: Aliases > > On 20181119, s

Re: Aliases

2018-11-19 Thread steve
Le 19-11-2018, à 06:20:29 -0800, Felix Finch a écrit : Now if I want to add joe to the CC field, I cannot use the alias, I must enter it manually. This case happens so often for me that I'm looking for a way to simplify this process. I don't know if using aliases is the right way to go, I don't

Re: Aliases

2018-11-19 Thread Thomas Schneider
Steve: I would just add 'joe' to the CC line in vim. Then I quit vim and go back in. 'joe' is expanded. Since I have this vim mapping: map ; :wq^M (where '^M' is a control M) it takes only two characters: ';e'! Tom

Re: Aliases

2018-11-19 Thread Felix Finch
On 20181119, Thomas Schneider wrote: > I would just add 'joe' to the CC line in vim. Then I quit vim and go > back in. 'joe' is expanded. Since I have this vim mapping: > > map ; :wq^M > > (where '^M' is a control M) > it takes only two c

Re: Aliases

2018-11-19 Thread Thomas Schneider
Felix: > You could use "ZZ", only one char more and skips the mapping. Well, I have mapped Z to insert my .sig file. Removing that I tried ZZ and found that it did not bring me back into vim. Also, you have to hold the shift key down. ';e' is very fast and minimal! ';' has other uses - a quic

Re: Aliases

2018-11-19 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:07:39PM -0500, Thomas Schneider wrote: > Steve: > > I would just add 'joe' to the CC line in vim. Then I quit vim and go > back in. 'joe' is expanded. Since I have this vim mapping: > > map ; :wq^M > > (where '^M' is a control M) > it takes only two characters: ';e'