Re: mutt eats tabs
Never mind, I just checked that the patch sent out contains tabs. So there must
be something wrong with the saving process. Thanks anyways.
--
Lin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Lin Tan wrote:
> > >
> > > I used command "mutt lintan2@xxxxxxxxxxxx < patch" to send myself an
> > > email.
> > > And then I used mutt "v" and "s" command to save it as a file, say
> > > patch.saved.
> > >
> > > I noticed that all the tabs in file "patch" are replaced by blanks
> > > in "patch.saved". I tested that the "patch" can be applied
> > > correctly but the "patch.saved" can not. Then I manually replaced
> > > all the blanks in "patch.saved" with tabs, and then it can be
> > > applied without an error.
> > >
> > > my muttrc file is only a few lines:
> > >
> > > set send_charset="us-ascii:utf-8"
> > >
> > > set editor="vi"
> > >
> > > set spoolfile=imaps://username@server:993/INBOX
> > > set folder=imaps://username@server:993
> > >
> > > # Default From:
> > > my_hdr From: lintan2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Thanks for the clear description. I can't argue with your
> > observations. I can't replicate them with my setup, though. I
> > created a file containing a paragraph of text indented by tabs and
> > mailed it to myself as you did with your patch. I saved the
> > received message using "v" and "s", also as you did. The tabs were
> > still there.
> >
> > I also saved the message to a new mbox folder, "test_folder", using
> > "s" in the index view, and verified that the tabs were still there.
> > Then I quit that mutt and started a new one like this:
> >
> > mutt -F /dev/null -f test_folder
> >
> > I executed all the configuration commands you listed above. Then I
> > saved the message again using "v" and "s". The tabs are still
> > there.
> >
> > I'm using mutt 1.5.17.
> >
> > I'm afraid I can't help. Maybe someone else on the list can
> > replicate this and/or explain what's going on.
> >
> Thank you sooooo much for the effort in replicating my problem.
> I am using the latest stable 1.4.2.3 version. I will try 1.5.17.
>
> Would you mind me sending you (not the mailing list) a small patch file, and
> you can see if it contains tabs? Maybe this way, we can at least figure out if
> the problem is in the sending process or the receiving process.
>
> Lin
> >
>