Re: Changing Headers in the Compose screen - Solution (with Perl)

[William O'Higgins <mutt@xxxxxxx>]

My problem was that by the time I realized I was using the wrong rc I
was at the compose screen, and I wanted to change my headers so that I
send from the right address.  To change headers at this point requires
editing the headers, it's too late to set a my_hdr directive.  Here is
the solution with Perl:

In .muttrc

macro compose <f5> ":set editor='header_edit'\n<edit-headers>:set
editor='vim -c set tw=72'<enter>"

In your path (I put it in $HOME/bin) put the executable header_edit

header_edit looks like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl -p -i 

s/^From:.*$/From: Your Nic <correct_addy\@example.com>/;
s/^Reply-To:.*$/Reply-To: Your Nic <correct_addy\@example.com>/;

Thanks to David and Christoph for setting me on the right path.

PS - this is just so that anyone searching the archives has a solution
all in one message.
-- 

yours,

William
nerd.cx