* Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 23:56:51 +1100
> On 26.03.16 12:11, Christian Ebert wrote:
>> * Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 21:52:40 +1100
>>> OK, but that is d) mapped to a different key.
>>
>> No it isn't, the binding is 'c' as you wrote above for
>> <change-folder> which presents the 'Open mailbox' prompt. When I
>> enter - at the prompt it takes me back to the previous folder,
>> very much like cd does.
>
> You're right - according to the manual, I see. _But_ even when I change
> mailbox, then hit '-' without touching any other key, I still get:
No, you have to hit 'c' first.
>>> "Key is not bound. Press '?' for help."
>>
>> No, 'c', and then - at the prompt.
>
> There isn't any prompt when just sitting in the index.
> Pressing only '-' gives the error.
After hitting 'c' in pager or index I get this 'menu' or
'prompt':
Open mailbox ('?' for list): <some mailbox>
Then I can override some mailbox with a mailbox location or by
cycling through history with <up> and <down> ... or I enter '-'
and return takes me to the previously visited mailbox.
>>> I'm on Mutt 1.5.21, and default bindings may have changed since then.
>>> (I have no binding for <up> in the index, so d) would seem to be
>>> default.)
>>
>> <up> the prompt goes up in history, it's not a command binding,
>> and will show you what you previously entered (somewhat like in a
>> shell), entering - at the prompt will not present the previously
>> visited mailbox, only '-', will not expand by hitting tab, but
>> after hitting enter take me to the previous mailbox.
>
> Is that paragraph setting out to conflate 'c' <up> with some other use
> of <up>, in an unrelated context?
No, <up> - or <down> for that matter cycle through history and
show the corresponding mailbox in the 'menu' or 'prompt' which
you can edit or tab complete etc. The '-' could be seen as an
unexpandable (no mailbox name is displayed) shortcut for <up>
once.
> When it's working, do repeated '-' step backwards through the previously
> visited mailboxes, as 'c' <up> does? (The manual is unclear, and I can't
> test it.)
No. It's like `cd -` in a shell: it does not cycle through
history, it always takes you to the previous mailbox, if done
repeatedly it toggles current mailbox with the previous one.
This seems outdated, I think also for your version:
http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-2.html#ss2.1
But here it's documented:
https://dev.mutt.org/hg/mutt/file/484b34e23f2a/doc/manual.xml.head#l505
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