Re: A question about macros, how to handle user input (if
> > > E.g. I want a macro which does something, then does a s[ave]
> > > command (to which the user responds) and then does some more
> > > things after the save.
This is not a complete or flawless answer, just a quick example of
one way to do this. And it's untested.
macro index = "<do-something><enter-command>source 'mutt-prompt \"save as\"
\"push \<save>%s\<enter>\" |'<enter><do-something-else>"
If I didn't screw up quoting, this (1) does something, (2) enters the
command
source 'mutt-prompt "save as" "push <save>%s<enter>" |'
then (3) does something else.
In stage 2, mutt-prompt (a) issues the prompt
save as:
(b) accepts input, then (c) echoes out "<save>[your input here]<enter>".
Because of the | at the end of the source command, mutt executes the
commands echoed in (c), then proceeds to (3).
Horrific, no? Mutt-prompt is attached. It's very straightforward.
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-D. dgc@xxxxxxxxxxxx NSIT University of Chicago
#!/bin/sh
##
## usage: mutt-prompt "prompt text" "mutt commands"
## "mutt commands" should contain a %s, which will be replaced by
## the user's response to the prompt.
##
printf "$1: "
read answer </dev/tty
printf "$2" "$answer"