Re: mutt/2058: Folder name completion and browser listing are handled
The following reply was made to PR mutt/2058; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Alain Bench <veronatif@xxxxxxx>
To: bug-any@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ryan Reich <reich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: mutt/2058: Folder name completion and browser listing are handled
inconsistently
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:58:54 +0200 (CEST)
On Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at 9:11:02 AM -0400, Ryan Reich wrote:
> <change-folder>? seems to be equivalent to <change-folder><tab>
Well, there is a small difference:
- <change-folder>?<exit> comes back to index or whatever previous.
- <change-folder><complete><exit> comes back to <change-folder> prompt.
But AFAICS no difference about current dir.
> if I change my settings with account-hooks then the folder browser
> thinks the last account's tree is where I left off
No: It's just random unpredictable. It happens to be the last
account in your precise usage conditions. But could be another one.
> if I change them using folder-hooks then it thinks that the current
> account's tree (which I have not yet browsed) is where I left off.
Yes. More precisely current $folder. And as you're automatically
setting $folder to current IMAP account, that's the same.
> I prefer the second behavior, but I don't see why they should be
> different. This is the source of my criticism of Mutt's separate
> folder tracking.
There is no separate folder tracking. In both cases browsing
initiates in current $folder. But account-hook doesn't set $folder
reliably, and is not intended to.
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 02:27:39PM +0200, Alain Bench wrote:
>> You mean <change-folder>=<Tab><Tab><Tab> that could sometimes not
>> bring the browser, but first complete an unambiguous name in $folder?
> Yes, that one.
OK: Unless I misundertood something, this seems to me not to be a
bug. What about setting $folder="imap://math.harvard.edu/mail/"
Bye! Alain.
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