Hello Kyle,
On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 16:19:08 -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> The space there triggers mutt to replace everything you've typed thus
> far with the name of whatever mailboxes contain new email.
To insert a literal space at the folder prompt, you can first call
the <quote-char> function (bound to ^V by default), then press <Space>.
| macro index,pager S "<change-folder>=[Gmail]/Sent<quote-char> Mail<Enter>"
> mutt should only do that if space is the *first* character that you
> type
Well, as the <Space> key is bound to <buffy-cycle>, it would be
quite difficult to call a function when first at prompt, and print
a literal space otherwise. And anyway users may still want to
<buffy-cycle> even after having typed something else. People happen to
change their minds.
In other words, I see no problem with this behaviour. The real
problem is the collision between a default editor key binding and
a character used in filenames. Anyone can easely change his own
bindings. But changing the default of such a well-established binding
as <Space> to <buffy-cycle>, that would be an annoyance bigger than the
occasional necessity to ^V.
Bye! Alain.
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
