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Eyolf Østrem | 15 May 22:03

Change mail folder without pressing = first?

The subject line hopefully says it all: the one thing that bothers me most
in mutt is that I have to press "=" before changing mail folders. Is there
a way to change this behaviour, so that I can type "c" and then directly
the name of the mailbox? On my keyboard (norwegian), the "=" key is a
shift+number key, which is quite awkward, especially if I do it frequenty
(which I do).
I'd be happy to trade it for typing some prefix if I want to change to some
folder in the file system, which I don't do that often.

My apologies in advance if this is already well-documented; I haven't found
it.

Eyolf

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David Champion | 15 May 22:07

Re: Change mail folder without pressing = first?

> The subject line hopefully says it all: the one thing that bothers me most
> in mutt is that I have to press "=" before changing mail folders. Is there
> a way to change this behaviour, so that I can type "c" and then directly
> the name of the mailbox? On my keyboard (norwegian), the "=" key is a

macro index c <change-folder>=

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Eyolf Østrem | 17 May 19:03

Re: Change mail folder without pressing = first?

On 15.05.2008 (15:07), David Champion wrote:

> macro index c <change-folder>=

Arggh -- was it that simple... Thanks a lot.

Eyolf

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Patrick Shanahan | 15 May 22:12

Re: Change mail folder without pressing = first?

* Eyolf Østrem <eyolf <at> oestrem.com> [05-15-08 16:04]:
> The subject line hopefully says it all: the one thing that bothers me most
> in mutt is that I have to press "=" before changing mail folders. Is there
> a way to change this behaviour, so that I can type "c" and then directly
> the name of the mailbox? On my keyboard (norwegian), the "=" key is a
> shift+number key, which is quite awkward, especially if I do it frequenty
> (which I do).
> I'd be happy to trade it for typing some prefix if I want to change to some
> folder in the file system, which I don't do that often.
> 
> My apologies in advance if this is already well-documented; I haven't found
> it.

7. Mailbox Shortcuts

   There are a number of built in shortcuts which refer to specific
   mailboxes. These shortcuts can be used anywhere you are prompted
   for a file or mailbox path.
	 
   * ! -- refers to your $spoolfile (incoming) mailbox 
   * > -- refers to your $mbox file 
   * < -- refers to your $record file 
   * ^ -- refers to the current mailbox 
   * - or !! -- refers to the file you've last visited 
   * ~ -- refers to your home directory 
   * = or + -- refers to your $folder directory 
   * @alias -- refers to the default save folder as determined by the address of the alias
							
							
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