#3595: problems suspending mutt when called from shell script
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Reporter: blmassingill | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version: 1.5.21
Keywords: |
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Things seem to go wrong when I invoke mutt from a shell script (in a
terminal session on Linux) and then press control-Z to (try to) suspend
both mutt and the script. The "suspend" part works fine and takes me back
to the shell prompt, but when I type"fg" to try to resume mutt, strange
things happen: I have to type "fg" more than once to resume at all, and
then mutt is in some strange mode in which it doesn't respond correctly to
keyboard input (e.g., 'j' and 'k' are echoed but otherwise seem to have no
effect). I can exit by typing 'q' or 'x' *twice*, or by pressing
control-C. I have access to several different versions of mutt on
different systems; 1.4.2 does *not* have this behavior, but mutt 1.5.20
and 1.5.21 do.
Sample shell script:
#!/bin/sh
echo "hello"
mutt
echo "goodbye"
Not a showstopper but quite annoying.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3595>
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