On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 02:40:18AM +0200, Michael Tatge wrote:
> Caster muttered:
> > > It's a valid escape sequence, and I think I've heard of it before. It
> > > might not, however, be fully documented :-)
> >
> > In fact I don't see any mention of it in the docs (I mean in refer to
> > the name of the edited file).
>
> It's there:
>
> 5.3.3.3. Command Expansion
>
> The various commands defined in the mailcap files are passed to the
> /bin/sh shell using the system() function. Before the command is
> passed to /bin/sh -c, it is parsed to expand various special
> parameters with information from Mutt.
It would be nice to mention that $editor also passes through this
expansion stage (and add a reference to this section in 6.3.35. which
talks about $editor).
Are there more places other than mailcap and $editor that accept these
keywords?
Marius Gedminas
--
Uncle Cosmo, why do they call this a word processor?
It's simple, Skyler. You've seen what food processors do to food, right?
