Re: Add alias during session
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:36:16AM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Sunday 2007-02-04 12:16:11 -0500, Jing Xue muttered:
> > I know 'a' adds an alias for the current sender, but is there any other
> > more generic way to add alias _and_ make it effective immediately? I can
> > start an editor to edit my .mutt/alias but I can't see the changes until
> > restarting mutt.
>
> create-alias, usually bound to "a", makes the new alias immediately
> effective, and immediately writes the alias in the $alias_file.
>
> Maybe you have to refresh the buffer you're seeing with your editor to
> see the change.
After three people pointed out "the obvious", I went back and read my OP
and realized it was indeed confusing. What I meant was to look for some
way to add _any arbitrary_ alias and make it effective immediately.
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Jing Xue