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Re: Mutt 1.5.16 editor exit status brain damage



On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 06:30:03PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:

> NO INHERENT MEANING TO ANY EXIT CODE, IN THE GENERAL CASE.  THERE IS ONLY
> A CONVENTION ON HOW TO INTERPRET THEM.  Many programs conform to this

Which suggests that programs which violate the convention should be fixed.
There's a convention on how mbox files should be written, but no standard
AFAICR.

> like the third or 4th time now) end users should never be required to
> be programmers of any sort, even lowly wrapper script programmers, in

Realistically, anybody who uses mutt is pretty likely to be able to put
together a shell script. mutt is - various arguments aside - *not* a tool
for people who aren't able/willing to customise various aspects of their
system. Never has been, never will be.

-- 
Paul

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