Re: Adding a bunch of image attachments
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 08:52:24PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > > I needed to attach a bunch of images to a message in Mutt. Is there
> > > an easy way to deal with multiple attachments? Tagging doesn't seem
> > > available.
>
> Tagging works just fine. "man mutt muttrc"
Argh! I had removed %t from my folder_format setting so didn't see
that tag.
The reason I had modified folder_format was that I use imap and when
I look at folders with new messages ( c?<tab> ) the actual mailbox
name is truncated -- so I need to make my screen wide to actually see
what mailboxes have new mail. In my normal-width window I see:
-- Mutt: Mailboxes [2]
1 4
imaps://moseley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/INBOX/IN
2 8
imaps://moseley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/INBOX/li
3 6
imaps://moseley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/INBOX/mo
4 3
imaps://moseley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/INBOX/li
5 0
imaps://moseley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/INBOX/li
6 857
imaps://moseley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/INBOX/
As you can see, the truncation makes it impossible to see the names of
the mailbox with that window width. So, I had changed folder_format
to remove the blank fields, leaving more room for the folder name.
But, that also means my other folder displays (like when attaching a
file) are missing columns, too.
Separate "folder_format" settings for that "new mail" listing and
other folder listings would be helpful -- that and also separate
"mask" settings would also be nice (using a mask of \.png$ is helpful
for selecting my image attachments, but not appropriate for showing
which imap folders have new mail, of course).
> > > So I selected attach and made my way to the directory where the images
> > > were located. I could hit the <space> key and view the images
> > > one-by-one and then select it if I wanted to add it. Unfortunately,
> > > the image files are huge -- viewing a thumbnail would have made life
> > > easier.
>
> You do not tag messages with the <space> key. "man mutt muttrc"
> Search for and read: "Using Tags"
You can *view* a file with the <space> key when selecting files.
> > > The other pain is that mutt only shows the first X characters
> > > in the attachment list, and the paths were longer than that. So every
> > > file listed in the attachment window had the same text (the filename
> > > had been truncated). So I couldn't see what files I had already added.
>
> Make your term wider or change the display parameters.
Making my term wider has no effect -- the attached name is still
truncated due to the %.40d in the default attach_format. Setting
that to a larger width helps, but the paths I was working with when I
posted this were much longer, so I'd have to use quite a wide window.
I was wondering if there was a way to use basename() of the attached
file by default for the description instead of the full path.
I guess the easiest thing is to use "rename-file" (R) to trim down
the file name shown in the description one-by-one.
> Lots, a few mentioned above. Reading the documentation and following
> the mail list and looking in the archives will reveal a lot.
Yes, wise words, indeed.
--
Bill Moseley
moseley@xxxxxxxx