Re: Add alias during session

[David Champion]

* On 2007.02.05, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
*       "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Is there really no way to do a generic create-alias, where you don't
> have to change the information of the current sender? I've often
> wanted to do this - just hit 'a', but not have to erase all the
> information I don't want first (I just want it blank so I can enter
> what I want).

macro index A "<enter-command>source '~/bin/mutt-add-alias |'<enter>"

mutt-add-alias is attached.

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 -D.    [EMAIL PROTECTED]        NSIT    University of Chicago

#!/bin/sh

ALIAS_FILE=${MUTT_ALIASES:-$HOME/.mutt/aliases}
q='"'

exec 9>&1
exec </dev/tty >/dev/tty 2>&1

get_vals () {
        printf "New alias name${alias:+ [$alias]}: "
        read line
        alias=${line:-$alias}

        printf "Enter e-mail address${addr:+ [$addr]}: "
        read line
        addr=${line:-$addr}

        printf "Enter comment/name${name:+ [$name]}: "
        read line
        name=${line:-$name}
        new=`echo $name | tr -d '"'`
        if [ ! "$new" = "$name" ]; then
                printf "(Removing double-quotes from $q$name$q.)\n"
                name="$new"
        fi
}

notfinished=true
while $notfinished; do
        printf "\n"
        get_vals
        printf "\n"

        notfinished=
        while [ "$notfinished" = "" ]; do
                printf "Is this correct: $alias = $name <$addr> [yes]? "
                read line
                case "$line" in
                        ""|y*|j*|s*|o*) notfinished=false ;;
                        n*)             notfinished=true  ;;
                        *)              echo "Yes or no is good." ;;
                esac
        done
done

printf "alias %-16s %s <%s>\n" "$alias" "$q$name$q" "$addr" >>"$ALIAS_FILE"
printf "\nAdded alias $q$alias$q for $q$name$q <$addr>\n\n"

cat "$ALIAS_FILE" >&9