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. -- Jing Xue
