On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 07:18:37PM -0500, Jing Xue wrote: > 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.
What I always end up doing is "a" and then editing the alias to be what I really want. This seems like a silly way to do it, but it's less work than using an external editor and then sourcing the alias file. I've often wished for a way to alias something besides the (supposed) sender, but I don't do it enough to make it worth doing myself. ;) -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/darrin/ |
