On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 15:57:46 +0100 meino.cramer@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 04:45:21PM +0200, Salvatore Iovene wrote:
> > Hi,
> > in my .muttrc I have a line like this:
> >
> > set alias_file=~/.mail_aliases
> >
> > Indeed, saving aliases works, and they are appended to that file.
> > If I just save an alias (or more), and then hit 'm' to compose, and
> > 'tab' to see my aliases, I can only see the ones that I just saved
> > in that mutt session.
> > If I restart mutt, that 'm'+'tab' combination shows no aliases,
> > like I had none, but they're all in place in ~/.mail_aliases.
> >
> > Can anyone help fix this problem?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Salvatore Iovene
> > http://www.iovene.com
>
> Hi Slavatore,
>
> what a coincidence ! just *ONE* minute before your mail
> arrives, I had EXACTLY the same ....hrrrrmmm... magic with
> mutt.
>
> The trick is, that you have to source the file with an extra
> command at the end (or whereever you want :) of your
> ${HOME}/.muttrc file like this:
>
> source ~/.mail.aliasses
>
> since ${HOME}/.muttrc is the only file it seems, which will be read
> (beside the system wide version of the same file) by mutt itself.
>
> Keep hacking !
> mcc
>
> PS: I dont know, why mutt alias-file command only uses the alias
> file for writing and thinks, that reading the file is the
> wrong way except the user instructs it. But I am not the author
> of mutt, I am only an user. Just my two cents...you currency may
> vary... ;)
Thank you too, it worked :)
--
Salvatore Iovene
http://www.iovene.com
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