Re: Auto alias on reply in mutt?

[Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>]

On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:46:19AM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
> Mike Fedyk wrote:
> > Manual:
> > push string
> >      This command adds the named string to the  keyboard
> >      buffer.
> > 
> > This leads me to believe that :command wouldn't require push... but what you
> > said is true.
> 
> In mutt-speak (woof?), <create-alias> is a "function" (something
> normally executed by a keystroke), not a "command" (like stuff in
> muttrc).  push is a "command" that executes a "function".
> 
> So the valid syntax is:
> :<command>
> :push <function>
> 
> but not
> :<function>
> 
> If you look in the manual, you'll see in section 6 there are separate
> sections for commands and functions.
> 
> Does that make any sense?
> 
Yes, maybe I should just read through the manual from start to finish? ;)

>From reading the man page only, it is a bit confusing, but that's not new.

Mike