Re: How to set a specific binding

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 09:30:35PM -0000, Jeffery Small wrote:

Xubuntu 24.04.4
Mutt: 2.3.1

In the index, the "$" key is associated with "sync-mailbox".

I have a shell script called "mm" that forces the mailbox icon to sync
immediately with the master mailbox contents -- i.e., indicate whether
there is or isn't new mail.  I can create a macro that calls this script
but what I want to do is have "$" sync the mailbox and also call the
external script in one step. I have not been able to create either an index
binding or an index macro that combines these two steps.  Am I missing
something obvious or is it not possible to perform this combo action with a
single key press?

But in the normal case, something like this should work:
  macro index $ "<sync-mailbox><shell-escape>~/bin/mm<enter>"


  macro index $ \
  "<sync-mailbox><shell-escape>~/bin/mm<enter><enter-command>echo 'mm 
ran'<enter>"

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Kevin J. McCarthy
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There are a few checks mutt makes that will flush the macro buffer on error. For example, in the sync case, if you try to sync a mailbox with no messages in it or if the mailbox is read only. It's possible that is interfering with the whole macro running. You could try appending a mutt echo command to give yourself visual confirmation it ran to the end:

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