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Re: How do I come back from viewing the message to index?



On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 01:24:53PM EDT, Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2006-08-07, cga2000 <cga2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 10:45:10AM EDT, Jonas Jacobsson wrote:
> > > cga2000 wrote:
> > > > > The default key to get from the pager to the index is "q";
> > > > > it's often also bound to "i", though.
> > > > .. which is an abomination ..
> > > >
> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > I'm getting better .. but how many times have I hit "q" where I
> > > > should have hit "i" only to find myself staring at a shell
> > > > prompt.
> > > 
> > > set quit="ask-no"
> > > 
> > > :)
> > > 
> > .. misses the mark by a mile or so..
> > 
> > you're adding a second inconvenience on top of the original one
> > instead of fixing the real problem.
> 
> "Fixing the real problem?"  The only problem I see here is that your
> mental model of mutt's behavior is incorrect.
> 
That the same keyboard action should be used to navigate different
screens within the application or exit the application altogether
depending on the context is not dependent on the way your brain is
wired.  

It's just confusing.

Thanks

cga