On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 02:13:26PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Biju Chacko [mutt-users] <18/05/01 14:08 +0530>:
>
> > I was wondering if it would be possible to call them directly from mutt. I could
> > not find anything in the manual about this. I am thinking in terms of something
> > like:
> > macro index <f5> "!/home/biju/bin/somescript.sh $from_address\n"
> > Is this possible? Or do I have to use formail? Or am I on the wrong track
> > altogether and there is some different, easier approach ?
>
> This should work quite well.
it doesn't.
>
> For example, I use
>
> macro generic <f1> "!less /usr/doc/mutt/manual.txt\n" "Show Mutt documentation"
> macro index <f1> "!less /usr/doc/mutt/manual.txt\n" "Show Mutt documentation"
> macro pager <f1> "!less /usr/doc/mutt/manual.txt\n" "Show Mutt documentation"
I too use the same macros. My question was whether it was possible to pass the
from address of the current mail to a macro easily ? I know it's possible to do
it with formail, but I am looking for something a little more direct.
Biju
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