On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 06:18:04PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> If we're actually going to revisit this in -dev, I'll reiterate my
> suggestion from back then:
>
> mutt -a { *.jpg } $RECIPIENT
>
> I don't think that needing to attach files named '{' or '}' from the
> command line is a very comm
* On 09 Aug 2010, Derek Martin wrote:
>
> $ mutt [...] -a "`echo *|tr ' ' \"$DELIMITER\""` $RECIPIENT
>
> or something of the sort. Of course, then you have either the
> spaces-in-filenames problem, or the delimiter-in-filenames problem.
> Or both.
If we're actually going to revisit this i
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 02:00:46PM +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2010-08-02, Nicolas Williams wrote:
>
> > Right. There's no good convention for "end of list of arguments to an
> > option". There's only a good convention for "end of variable argument
> > list" ('--'), and since this is the c
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 12:45:12PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> * On 03 Aug 2010, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 02:00:46PM +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > > On 2010-08-02, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > > Right. There's no good convention for "end of list of argumen
* On 03 Aug 2010, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >
> > Strictly speaking, no: since mutt requires the -a option to be last,
> > a '--' terminating the list of arguments to -a implicitly terminates
> > the option list as well. I think this may have been part of the design
> > consideration.
>
> IMO, requ
On 2010-08-03, David Champion wrote:
> * On 03 Aug 2010, Nicolas Williams wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 02:00:46PM +, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> > On 2010-08-02, Nicolas Williams wrote:
>> >
>> > > Right. There's no good convention for "end of list of arguments to an
>> > > option". Ther
On 2010-08-03, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 02:00:46PM +, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2010-08-02, Nicolas Williams wrote:
>>
>> > Right. There's no good convention for "end of list of arguments to an
>> > option". There's only a good convention for "end of variable argu
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 12:45:12PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> * On 03 Aug 2010, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 02:00:46PM +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > > On 2010-08-02, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > > Right. There's no good convention for "end of list of argumen
* On 03 Aug 2010, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 02:00:46PM +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > On 2010-08-02, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> >
> > > Right. There's no good convention for "end of list of arguments to an
> > > option". There's only a good convention for "end of variab
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 02:00:46PM +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2010-08-02, Nicolas Williams wrote:
>
> > Right. There's no good convention for "end of list of arguments to an
> > option". There's only a good convention for "end of variable argument
> > list" ('--'), and since this is the c
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 10:36:05AM +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> -- has special meaning in some unix command lines to provide an
> escape when names starting with a "-"-sign
> are concerned. (doesn't getopt use it as an escape anyway? not sure).
>
> mkdir -- -foo
> rmdir -- -foo
-- means "e
Grant Edwards wrote:
> Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > Right. There's no good convention for "end of list of arguments to an
> > option". There's only a good convention for "end of variable argument
> > list" ('--'), and since this is the closest thing...
>
> And since there _is_ a convention that '
On 2010-08-02, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> Right. There's no good convention for "end of list of arguments to an
> option". There's only a good convention for "end of variable argument
> list" ('--'), and since this is the closest thing...
And since there _is_ a convention that '--' ends the opt
Am 02.08.2010 23:13, schrieb Will Fiveash:
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 03:49:47PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:52:01PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
Syntax has been changed: -a indicates a *list* of attachment files
ending with "--". I don't recall which versio
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 04:26:47PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 04:13:16PM -0500, Will Fiveash wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 03:49:47PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > > On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:52:01PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> > > > Syntax has been chang
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 04:13:16PM -0500, Will Fiveash wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 03:49:47PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:52:01PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> > > Syntax has been changed: -a indicates a *list* of attachment files
> > > ending with "--". I do
* On 02 Aug 2010, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:52:01PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> > Syntax has been changed: -a indicates a *list* of attachment files
> > ending with "--". I don't recall which version was first to boast this
> > new syntax, but it's the problem you're
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 03:49:47PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:52:01PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> > Syntax has been changed: -a indicates a *list* of attachment files
> > ending with "--". I don't recall which version was first to boast this
> > new syntax, but i
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:52:01PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> Syntax has been changed: -a indicates a *list* of attachment files
> ending with "--". I don't recall which version was first to boast this
> new syntax, but it's the problem you're seeing right now even if it's
> not related to the
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 01:34:18PM -0700, Michael Elkins wrote:
>
> 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
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 [] [-z] [-f | -yZ]
mu
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:52:01PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> * On 01 Aug 2010, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> > >>
> > >>k...@post:~$ mutt -s test k...@validaddress.de > >>Error sending message, child exited 1 ().
> > >>Segmentation fault
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >This should work. Maybe you co
Am 02.08.2010 10:58, schrieb Simon Ruderich:
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 07:31:28PM +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
[snip]
I opened a can of worms obviously. On the target system (debian) the
stock mutt-1.5.20.tgz doesn't compile because
it can't find libcurses. I have libncurses5 installed.
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 07:31:28PM +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> [snip]
>
> I opened a can of worms obviously. On the target system (debian) the
> stock mutt-1.5.20.tgz doesn't compile because
> it can't find libcurses. I have libncurses5 installed. Maybe patches
> are required for debian?
O
* On 01 Aug 2010, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> >>
> >>k...@post:~$ mutt -s test k...@validaddress.de >>Error sending message, child exited 1 ().
> >>Segmentation fault
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >This should work. Maybe you could try to upgrade mutt to the most recent
> >version 1.5.20?
> >
> I tried it on
Am 01.08.2010 19:10, schrieb rog...@sdf.org:
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 06:33:35PM +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
Am 01.08.2010 18:13, schrieb Jostein Berntsen:
On 01.08.10,18:05, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
I'm trying
mutt -i message.text -s subject -a attachment.jpg recipi.
Am 01.08.2010 18:49, schrieb Jostein Berntsen:
On 01.08.10,18:33, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
Am 01.08.2010 18:13, schrieb Jostein Berntsen:
On 01.08.10,18:05, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
I'm trying
mutt -i message.text -s subject -a attachment.jpg recipi...@domain
Is there a
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 06:33:35PM +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
>Am 01.08.2010 18:13, schrieb Jostein Berntsen:
>> On 01.08.10,18:05, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying
>>>
>>> mutt -i message.text -s subject -a attachment.jpg recipi...@domain
>>>
>>> Is there a way to do that wit
On 01.08.10,18:33, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> Am 01.08.2010 18:13, schrieb Jostein Berntsen:
> >On 01.08.10,18:05, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> >>I'm trying
> >>
> >>mutt -i message.text -s subject -a attachment.jpg recipi...@domain
> >>
> >>Is there a way to do that without being prompted?
> >>
>
Am 01.08.2010 18:13, schrieb Jostein Berntsen:
On 01.08.10,18:05, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
I'm trying
mutt -i message.text -s subject -a attachment.jpg recipi...@domain
Is there a way to do that without being prompted?
You can try:
mutt -s subject -a attachment.jpg recipi...@dom
On 01.08.10,18:05, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> I'm trying
>
> mutt -i message.text -s subject -a attachment.jpg recipi...@domain
>
> Is there a way to do that without being prompted?
>
You can try:
mutt -s subject -a attachment.jpg recipi...@domain < message.text
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