On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 12:12:27PM -0500, Will Fiveash wrote:
Yep, I struggled with this change recently. It would be nice if mutt's help output for -a was updated with this important usage tidbit. Here's what it looks like now:Mutt 1.5.20 (2010-04-22) usage: mutt [<options>] [-z] [-f <file> | -yZ] mutt [<options>] [-x] [-Hi <file>] [-s <subj>] [-bc <addr>] [-a <file> [...] --] <addr> [...] mutt [<options>] [-x] [-s <subj>] [-bc <addr>] [-a <file> [...] --] <addr> [...] < message mutt [<options>] -p mutt [<options>] -A <alias> [...] mutt [<options>] -Q <query> [...] mutt [<options>] -D mutt -v[v] options: -A <alias> expand the given alias -a <file> attach a file to the message ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This should be: -a <file> attach one or more files to the message, must be terminated with " --" BTW, I do notice now that the terse usage does indicate -- termination but I didn't look at that closely initially.
At the end of the help output there is this:
-- separate filename(s) and recipients,
when using -a, -- is mandatory
I agree it would make more sense to put that nearer to the text for the -a
option. Something like:
-a <file> [...] -- attach file(s) to the message
the list of files must be terminated with the "--" sequence
me
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