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Re: mutt/2638: mutt + external pager displays hidden prompt



The following reply was made to PR mutt/2638; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mutt Developers <mutt-dev@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: bug-any@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: mutt/2638: mutt + external pager displays hidden prompt
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:14:26 -0500

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 On Thursday, December 21 at 02:35 PM, quoth muttbug@xxxxxxxxxxx:
 > When using external pager of any type, Mutt provides a faulty key=20
 > command prompt before redisplaying the index. This happens even when=20
 > 'set wait_key=3Dno'. It appears to be debugging code that should not=20
 > visible to the user.
 
 Eh?
 
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 > When using an external pager, such as 'set pager=3Dgnuclient', mutt=20
 > will display a prompt after the pager exits, rather than displaying=20
 > the index list. The prompt appears as follows (with a blank, black=20
 > terminal) as soon as the pager application exits.
 >
 >    Command:
 
 You are describing the correct behavior for when $prompt_after is set.=20
 Add the following to your muttrc to change this behavior:
 
     unset prompt_after
 
 ~Kyle
 --=20
 One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that=20
 you end up being governed by your inferiors.
                                                               -- Plato
 
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