[neomutt-users] Query: Attach file - cumbersome!
Sven Guckes
neomutt-lists at guckes.net
Wed Jan 18 03:03:05 CET 2017
hi!
* Andrew Duchowski <aduchow at clemson.edu> [2017-01-18 02:33]:
> On a Mac, I just changed from mutt to neomutt via
> upgrades to macOS Sierra and macports.
>
> In mutt, when I used to 'a'ttach a file and then press
> '?' to search the list of folders, two things happened:
> 1. I would see my ~/Mail folder
> 2. mutt would remember which dir I was in
> if I wanted to 'a'ttach again
>
> Now, in neomutt, when I 'a'ttach a file, two things happen:
>
> 1. I see my remote mail spoolfile (e.g., exchange) and now
> I have to press '=' to get to my local ~/Mail dir
> 2. neumutt no longer remembers where I was looking
> at for attachments, consequently I have to press '=' again
> and then descend down a possibly long directory
> branch to get to where I was just a second ago.
confirmed. :-/
> Is there a .muttrc switch to revert
> back to the old functionality?
i dont know of one. sorry.
this is what there is to do:
menu key command
---- --- -------------------
index a attach-file
dialog "Attach file ('?' for list):"
? show-list
title -- Mutt: Directory [/home/user/guckes], File mask: !^\.[^.]
browser c change-dir
prompt Chdir to: /etc/
the next time you do "a ? c" neomutt should
give you the prompt for "Chdir" again -
but this time with "Chdir to: /etc/"
so neomutt does remember this. yay.
but having to "show the list" *every* time
before you can use change-dir again sucks. :-(
i really wish there were one or two extra lines in mutt
to show additional info such as the current directory:
Attach file ('?' for list):
current dir: /etc/neomutt/
current sort: alpha
and then the dialog should accept a list of strings
which all are used to filter the directory listing.
so when "/etc" is the current directory then
"pa wd" gives me "passwd" and
"deb ver" gives me "debian_version" and
"conf se" gives me this:
adduser.conf
deluser.conf
ffserver.conf
insserv.conf
ipsec-tools.conf
sensors3.conf
sensors.conf
now you tags some of these and attach them all.
(should i mention that sorting by alpha,
date and size would be great? naah..)
20+ years ago on the mac there was a "dialog" extension
which was great. quick access to directories..
it remember last 10 (20?) directories.
i really wish every program had that.
Apple should have bought this and
ship it with all of their systems.
(and everyone should adopt it
with their own system. :-)
but i digress..
oh - the first time the Chdir prompt gives me this:
/home/user/guckes/���^?
ie with some extra four characters. bug alert! :-O
Sven
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