On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 09:48:16PM +0100, Nicolas Rachinsky wrote: > * Josef Karthauser <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> [2004-01-05 13:50 +0000]: > > I'm trying to get folder-hooks working properly in mutt 1.5.5.1i, but > > they are erratic. > > > > folder-hook +IN.root-periodic$ set record=+IN.root-periodic > > folder-hook +IN.root-periodic$ 'macro index \cx "|isync > > IN.root-periodic\n"' > > mailboxes +IN.root-periodic > > > > folder-hook +IN.pact$ set record=+IN.pact > > folder-hook +IN.pact$ 'macro index ^X "$y|isync IN.pact\n"' > > mailboxes +IN.pact > > > > What should be happening is that the control X key should be bound to > > invoke a call to isync for the named folder, etc. What happens is that > > the binding works, until I change folders with the 'c' key. After > > changing folder the folder-hooks for the new folder don't always work. > > It seems that if I change folders with the space key (selecting the next > > mailbox with new mail in it) the hooks work, but if I modify the name or > > type a new one in in full it doesn't work. > > > > Is this a bug in mutt, the documentation, or my understanding of either? > > I think this should work, and here folder-hooks seem to work fine for > changing keybindings. > > Do the other folder-hooks work (e.g. does record change as you want > it)? > When it works the record also changes. > In the case it does not work correctly, is the old binding of ^X > preserved, or is the macro removed? No, the macro remains at the previous setting (i.e. the last folder-hook that worked). Joe -- Josef Karthauser (joe@xxxxxxxxxx) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ ================ An eclectic mix of fact and theory. =================
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