On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 09:29:25PM +0800, Woody Wu wrote: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 01:52:48PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > On 18Dec2012 16:51, Jeremy Kitchen <[email protected]> wrote: > > | On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 08:23:12AM +0800, Woody Wu wrote: > > | > I defined serveral aliases in .mail_aliase via the 'a' commmand. And, I > > | > checked I had > > | > set alias_file=~/.mail_aliases # where I keep my aliases > > | > in my .muttrc. > > | > > | are you also sourcing this file in your .muttrc? You need to source it > > | as well. > > > > Just to make it clear, alias_file only specifies where mutt writes new > > alias definitions. Mutt doesn't automatically consult that file, hence > > the need to source it as a separate operation. > > > > Cheers, > > Is the 'sourcing' means the same thing as that in bash script? I write > '. ~/.mail_aliases' in the .muttrc, but mutt said it's an syntax error. >
sorry for the stupid asking, I found out its 'source ~/.mail_aliases'. Please forget this question. > On the hand, I found my .muttrc has some default alias definitions like > what you guy said. For example: > > alias mutt-users Mutt User List <[email protected]> > > I tried to use this alias by pressing <tab> after I inputted words > 'mutt-users' after the 'To:' header in mutt. But I still got nothing. > Is there something to do with my message editor? Here it is vim. This still doesn't work. I tried to remove my vimrc file and all the locally installed plugins. I still cannot use the <tab> :( What's wrong with my system? > > Thanks. > > -- > woody > I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then. -- woody I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.
