Re: Parent directory and "../"
* On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 Stefano Sabatini (stefano.sabatini-lala@xxxxxxxx)
muttered:
> I'm using Mutt 1.5.12
>
> I'm trying to define a macro to jump to the parent directory. The idea
> is to set something as:
>
> macro browser ^ "c^a^k.." "Jump to the parent directory"
> (^a^k are used to delete the presetted value in the command line).
I strongly recommend to use function names. More portable and readable.
Since »..« is always the first entry:
macro browser ^ '1<enter><select-entry>'
> The problem is that the path ".." seems to be interpreted as the home
> dir, since I get there. The same thing happens with "../", while "./"
> seems to be interpreted in the usual manner (actual directory).
>
> If I select the line in the browser the "../" line then it jumps to the
> parent dir as expected.
>
> I also noted that when mutt appearently misbehaves the status line
> reports "Directory [..]" in the status line rather then the absolute
> basename, then when browsing the names of the dirs are interpeted
> relative to that (e.g. ../Mail).
Sounds like a bug.
HTH,
Michael
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