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Re: [patch] mutt clearing screen



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On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Adeodato [iso-8859-1] Simó wrote:

* Simon Bowden [Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:11:40 +1000]:

I had a friend report that since upgrading mutt (Debian, 1.5.6+20040523=
i
-> 1.5.9i), they now find that it "clears the screen whenever they exit=

mutt".

 Last line of /etc/Muttrc as shipped in 1.5.9-2 in Debian is:

   source /usr/lib/mutt/source-muttrc.d|

 Please test with that line commented out and report back, thanks.

That fixes the clearing.

However, on startup it says "Press any key to continue" for no obvious reason. With the patch applied the obvious reason becomes clear (in that the errors in /etc/Muttrc are visible). It doesn't have the same clear-screen problem though.

The debian pkg didn't have errors in /etc/Muttrc, but I had introduced one, so still suspect the original patch might be pertinent. This issue is reproducible with a one-line /etc/Muttrc that has a garbage word on it.

It should also be noted that I have nothing in /etc/Muttrc.d, and even with the pipe source command it presumably shouldn't clear (though I guess you're pointing the finger somewhere better).

Hmmm, If I make an empty /etc/Muttrc with just:

  source /bin/true|

in it, then the screen is cleared. The patch I sent seems to stop this.

Cheers,

 - Simon
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