[Mutt] #3078: RFE: a way to abort a long operation (e.g. Ctrl-C / ^C / SIGINT)
#3078: RFE: a way to abort a long operation (e.g. Ctrl-C / ^C / SIGINT)
Mutt should have a way to immediately abort an operation because it can
take a very long time, e.g. like opening a very large mailbox or doing a
limit on the body contents of a very large mailbox. This should probably
be done when receiving the SIGINT signal (usually, triggered by Ctrl-C).
If the operation was executed from a macro, the whole macro should
terminate. Now, I don't like that very much, as it could prevent some
clean-up (like restoring settings). A solution could be a post-interrupt
key-sequence for macros...
Note: Ctrl-\ (SIGQUIT) aborts the operation, but also Mutt itself. So,
this is a bit too strong.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3078>