Re: option description - always give default value

2002-08-01 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 19:15 31 Jul 2002, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 18:26:40 +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: | > * Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-07-31 15:14]: | > > > the default value should *always* be documented. | > > What do you mean by "documented"? | > the manua

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2002-08-01 Thread Wm L Protzmann
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Re: option description - default and dependencies

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 15:30]: > Very few default values depend on the compile-time option. thank god! > > just as the INSTALL file cannot give > > info about the installed mutt binary - > > the manual cannot do this, either. > I agree. But I recall that *you* wanted t

Re: spell checking for different languages -> macro

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Oliver Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 17:57]: > A 'ask-yes' or a 'ask-what-dictionary' in > .muttrc would be nice like: > set ispell_dictionary=ask-what. that's not a mutt problem. you can use a hook to set the ispell program which in turn can be a script asking you what you want. Sven

Re: Pipe:ing messages - behavior changed?

2002-08-01 Thread Peter Schuller
> > the | command seems to only pipe what's on screen, not the entire raw > > message. > > unset pipe_decode Thanks! That's right on the mark. And thanks to everyone else who responded to. I'm using the Debian package - I suppose they might have set some default differently or some such. N

Re: spell checking for different languages -> macro

2002-08-01 Thread Oliver Fuchs
Hi, thanks to all who replied. A 'ask-yes' or a 'ask-what-dictionary' in .muttrc would be nice like: set ispell_dictionary=ask-what. Oliver -- Don't touch the bang-bang fruit

Re: [RFE] Pattern to apply to the parent message

2002-08-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:39:08 -0500, Aaron Schrab wrote: > http://www.schrab.com/aaron/mutt/patch-1.3.24.ats.parent_match.1 Thanks a lot. This is exactly what I was looking for. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Y

Re: [RFE] Pattern to apply to the parent message

2002-08-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 16:48:48 +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > please clarify: > the mails *must* be answers to mails which > have to *exist* in the current folder, too? Yes, the parent mails (mails written by myself) must exist in the current folder. > and these have to be replies to *your* mails

Re: [RFE] Pattern to apply to the parent message

2002-08-01 Thread Aaron Schrab
At 16:24 +0200 01 Aug 2002, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to be able to apply a pattern on a parent message. For > instance, if we define ~^ to do that, then ~^~P will match any > message that is a reply of one of my messages (note: they are > in the same mailbox). http://

Re: Solaris 7 x86 mutt package?

2002-08-01 Thread Ken Weingold
On Thu, Aug 1, 2002, Brad Knowles wrote: > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 11:11:34AM -0400, Ken Weingold wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there's a mutt package for Solaris 7 x86? > > I don't see it on the list at > . Are there any other > sources

Re: Solaris 7 x86 mutt package?

2002-08-01 Thread David T-G
Ken -- ...and then Ken Weingold said... % % Does anyone know if there's a mutt package for Solaris 7 x86? Not AFAIK, though there is a 1.0pre2 for Sol8 at SunFreeWare. Sounds like you need to go into the pkgmk business :-) % % Thanks. Sorry... % % % -Ken HAND :-D -- David T-G

Re: Solaris 7 x86 mutt package?

2002-08-01 Thread Brad Knowles
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 11:11:34AM -0400, Ken Weingold wrote: > Does anyone know if there's a mutt package for Solaris 7 x86? I don't see it on the list at . Are there any other sources of Solaris packages of this sort? -- \<

Re: option description - default and dependencies

2002-08-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 16:54:28 +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > you will have to write a *lot* to clear this up for every option... Very few default values depend on the compile-time option. > * Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 13:45]: > > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 07:41:22 -0500, Patr

Solaris 7 x86 mutt package?

2002-08-01 Thread Ken Weingold
Does anyone know if there's a mutt package for Solaris 7 x86? Thanks. -Ken

Re: problem about subjects in asian charsets

2002-08-01 Thread Roman Neuhauser
> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:58:46 +1000 > From: Erik Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mutt users ml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: problem about subjects in asian charsets >OK, it seems then that the xterm and vim are more tolerant than mutt, >when it comes to ISO8859-1 characte

Re: Display of non-ascii chars

2002-08-01 Thread Mark J. Reed
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 05:14:59PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:57:49AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote: > > > If you use the vim editor for composing messages, then you can > > set up digraphs to enter non-ASCII characters; > [...] >For some it is more natural to

Re: option description - default and dependencies

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 13:43]: > Default: depends on the compile-time configuration, e.g. "/path/file" > (check with "mutt -v | grep keyword") > > It must be clear that "/path/file" is only an example. > There is no reason why the administrator would have > used "s

Re: [RFE] Pattern to apply to the parent message

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 14:24]: > I'd like to be able to apply a pattern on a parent > message. For instance, if we define ~^ to do that, > then ~^~P will match any message that is a reply of one > of my messages (note: they are in the same mailbox). please clarify: the

Re: spell checking for different languages -> macro

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Oliver Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 13:47]: > I write an email in english and ispell with 'i' ... I send the mail > ... afterwards I send an email in german and ispell it with 'I' (the > macro for german spelling) ... I send it ... know at last I want to > send an email in english again

[RFE] Pattern to apply to the parent message

2002-08-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
I'd like to be able to apply a pattern on a parent message. For instance, if we define ~^ to do that, then ~^~P will match any message that is a reply of one of my messages (note: they are in the same mailbox). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: - 100% validat

Re: option description - default and dependencies

2002-08-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 07:41:22 -0500, Patrick wrote: > That IS THE INFORMATION presented in the INSTALL file within the > tarball/rpm issue for each version of mutt and most other program > issues. The user doesn't necessarily have the tarball or rpm. Moreover, the INSTALL file doesn't say anyt

Re: How to set ispell to different languages - mutt 1.3.27i

2002-08-01 Thread Oliver Fuchs
Great ... thank you very much. Only one thing ... after I used the command I for german ispell I am not able to use i for using ispell-english anymore ... only after closing and starting mutt again. Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang-bang fruit

Re: How to set ispell to different languages - mutt 1.3.27i

2002-08-01 Thread Michael Tatge
Oliver Fuchs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > Great ... thank you very much. Only one thing ... after I used the > command I for German ispell I am not able to use i for using > ispell-english anymore ... only after closing and starting mutt again. Well, if you just copypasted what I wrote - there

Re: How to set ispell to different languages - mutt 1.3.27i

2002-08-01 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Thu, 01 Aug 2002, Sven Guckes wrote: > do you want the spelling checker to > check both for German and English? > in the same document? > make up yer mind! > > Sven No, of course not ... I write an email in english and ispell with 'i' ... I send the mail ... afterwards I send an email in ger

Re: option description - default and dependencies

2002-08-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 13:33:46 +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > i dont think that the description to every option needs > a description on how to use the configure script. > however, a pointer on how to check > "mutt -v" might be required. > > Default: "/path/file" > (unless specified by --s

Re: How to set ispell to different languages - mutt 1.3.27i

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Oliver Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 13:10]: > Only one thing ... after I used the command I for german > ispell I am not able to use i for using ispell-english anymore ... > only after closing and starting mutt again. do you want the spelling checker to check both for German and Englis

Re: most commonly used regex lib for awk/frep/mutt/sed?

2002-08-01 Thread Ricardo SIGNES
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 08:22:36AM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > > echo >> ~/.muttrc set pcre_acknowledge=on # to avoid PCRE warnings on startup Ok, so I don't know how to call echo, and s/=on/yes/ Still, you get the picture. -- rjbs msg30054/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: SMTP Error (MAIL FROM:), "from" header variable

2002-08-01 Thread Roman Neuhauser
> Cc: recipient list not shown: ; > Subject: SMTP Error (MAIL FROM:), "from" header variable > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 23:29:20 -0700 1) break your lines @ ~72 chars. 2) if you want any replies, why do you make it hard to others to reply to the list? > SM

Re: most commonly used regex lib for awk/frep/mutt/sed?

2002-08-01 Thread Ricardo SIGNES
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 01:47:37PM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > * Erik Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 07:48]: > > While procmail seems to be out on a long plank in the > > middle of a swamp, it would be cosmically empowering to be > > able to move between mutt, vim, awk, and grep with

Re: Turn off bell and deleted mails

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Garbade
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 12:47:43PM +0200, Michael Tatge wrote: > Sven Garbade ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > > How can I turn off the bell? > > Check the manual for $beep and $beep_new. this do the trick > > > Is it possible to clear the screen from mails which are marked as > > deleted? > >

Re: most commonly used regex lib for awk/frep/mutt/sed?

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Erik Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 07:48]: > is there any enthusiasm for employing a "most commonly > used" regex library, such that any improvements can feed > back into all the tools using it? > > While procmail seems to be out on a long plank in the > middle of a swamp, it woul

Re: Turn off bell and deleted mails

2002-08-01 Thread Nicolas Rachinsky
[please use the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] for this ML] * Sven Garbade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 10:59 +]: > I'm new to mutt and have two little questions. How can I turn off th > e bell? Is it possible to clear the screen from mails which are marked as deleted? grep the manual for beep

Re: option description - default and dependencies

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-01 08:29]: > Read what Sven wrote (concerning the manual): > > Default: "/path/file" (unless specified by --some-option) > > If the user wants to know if he can trust to the default value given > in the manual, he needs to know the options given to

Re: Turn off bell and deleted mails

2002-08-01 Thread Michael Tatge
Sven Garbade ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > How can I turn off the bell? Check the manual for $beep and $beep_new. > Is it possible to clear the screen from mails which are marked as > deleted? sync-mailbox bound to $ by default. HTH, Michael -- I've run DOOM more in the last few days than

Re: How to set ispell to different languages - mutt 1.3.27i

2002-08-01 Thread Michael Tatge
Oliver Fuchs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) muttered: > e.g. some mails are written in English some in German ... how can I > change ispell within mutt to change the dictionary before checking the > mail? ispell has the -d option which sets the dictionary to use. So all you need is to write a macro that cha

Re: Turn off bell and deleted mails

2002-08-01 Thread Sascha Huedepohl
Hi, * Sven Garbade ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > How can I turn off the bell? setterm or xset > Is it possible to clear the screen from mails which are marked as deleted? sync-mailbox bound to $ HTH & HAND sascha -- Sascha Huedepohl [EMAIL PROTECTED] msg30045/pgp0.pgp

Re: RFE: regex backrefs

2002-08-01 Thread Ricardo SIGNES
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 03:57:13PM -0700, Michael Elkins wrote: > > While this might look simple, it's more difficult to implement than you > might think. Why? Becuse the regexp here is not just one regular No, I know how difficult it is. ;) > At any rate, your example above can be solved as

Re: Turn off bell and deleted mails

2002-08-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 11:17:27 +0200, Brad Knowles wrote: > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:59:24AM +, Sven Garbade wrote: > > > I'm new to mutt and have two little questions. How can I turn off the > > bell? > > I think that this is probably an issue with your shell. For > example, if you

Re: Turn off bell and deleted mails

2002-08-01 Thread Sébastien MICHEL
Le Thursday 01 August 2002 à 10:59, Sven Garbade a écrit: > Is it possible to clear the screen from mails which are marked as deleted? yep, with '$'. > Thanks, Sven -- @+, MichouX "Software is like sex it's better when it's free.", Linus Torvalds

Turn off bell and deleted mails

2002-08-01 Thread Sven Garbade
Hi all, I'm new to mutt and have two little questions. How can I turn off th e bell? Is it possible to clear the screen from mails which are marked as deleted? Thanks, Sven

Re: option description - default and dependencies

2002-08-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 13:36:54 +1000, Iain Truskett wrote: > What doesn't it give? It's not a set of parameters you can give to > configure, but then one can edit config.h after that anyway. The user doesn't have access to config.h. > What exactly do you want? Read what Sven wrote (concerning

Re: RFE: regex backrefs

2002-08-01 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 10:57:39AM -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > I know this has been brought up before, but I just thought I'd voice my deep > desire: mutt should be able to have backrefs to its regexen. If I get a > 'vote' in future development, this is how I would cast it. My C is crappy, o

Re: Display of non-ascii chars

2002-08-01 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:57:49AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote: > If you use the vim editor for composing messages, then you can > set up digraphs to enter non-ASCII characters; it also supports a > completely general but more awkward input method where you can type > control-V followed by the deci