Re: How to change dynamically the From hdr?
Hi Rocco!
* Rocco Rutte <pdmef@xxxxxxx> [160209, 16:44]:
> Hi,
>
> * Ennio-Sr wrote:
>
>> On posts going back to 2003 I red it was possible to switch identity
>> while composing a message. What I understood from those posts was that
>> you had to put the following lines in .muttrc:
>> ------------
>> macro compose z "<edit-from>^UIdentity_<tab>" "Select from"
>>
>> alias Identity_1 <1st_address@xxxxxx>
>> alias Identity_2 <2nd_address@xxxxxx>
>> ..... .......... ....................
>> alias Identity_n <nth_addressi@xxxxxx>
>> ------------
>> then, pressing 'z' while editing a new mail, you would be able to change
>> your 'From:' header choosing from the list of identities. However, I did
>> try it with no success ;-(
>
> Yes, this works like a charm. What _exactly_ happens in your case? A
> guess: you put ^ and U in there instead of a Control-U character?
>
I just put an '^' and a 'U' as can be seen printed in my lines above.
I do not know how to put a 'Control-U charachter' in .muttrc being
edited with 'vim'. (Tried with '<C-U>, which appears to be 'vim'
syntax, to no avail). Anyway ...
> If you try to edit the from line, mutt fills it with the content already
> there. Control-U or <kill-line> editor function clears that line. Thus,
> the above is equivalent to:
>
> macro compose z "<edit-from><kill-line>Identity_<tab>" "Select from"
>
I changed the macro line to read as you suggest (with 'kill-line') but
still get the same result, i.e. nothing at all happens when I press 'z'
while being in the 'compose menu' (i.e. the page pre-filled with my
chosen headers that appears on the console when - within mutt - I press
'm').
Could it be related to my using vim as the default editor to compose the
message?
> If that still doesn't work for you, please provide an error message or
> whatever mutt gives you.
>
Sorry, no error message is shown: just nothing happens, except bell
ringing... ;-)
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Regards, Ennio. --> Please replace '.' for '_dot_' in my Reply-To. )=(