Re: defining a command - internal langauge

2002-03-22 Thread Nicolas Rachinsky
* Cameron Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-03-22 12:24:10 +1100]: Someone has already mentioned his startup file being: source shell-cmd | Wouldn't: macro foo :source shell-cmd| be general enough to go most algorithmic things without bloating mutt? The shell hcan hand of

Re: defining a command - internal langauge

2002-03-22 Thread darren chamberlain
Quoting Nicolas Rachinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mar 22, 2002 06:20]: * Cameron Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-03-22 12:24:10 +1100]: Someone has already mentioned his startup file being: source shell-cmd | Wouldn't: macro foo :source shell-cmd| be general enough to

Re: defining a command - internal langauge

2002-03-22 Thread Dave Pearson
* Sven Guckes [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-03-21 23:13:28 +0100]: * Jeremy Blosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-03-21 16:49]: [SNIP scripting in mutt would be nice] [SNIP Sven swears in public] Sven [slang, anyone?] I seem to remember that someone does/did maintain a patch that made mutt

Re: defining a command - internal langauge

2002-03-22 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Dave Pearson wrote: * Sven Guckes [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-03-21 23:13:28 +0100]: * Jeremy Blosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-03-21 16:49]: [SNIP scripting in mutt would be nice] [SNIP Sven swears in public] Sven [slang, anyone?] I seem to remember that

Re: defining a command - internal langauge

2002-03-22 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Thomas E. Dickey wrote: I seem to remember that someone does/did maintain a patch that made mutt programmable via slang. possibly - but I've only seen it mentioned as a possibility that could be developed rather than an accomplished fact. speaking of which (since I

Re: defining a command - internal langauge

2002-03-22 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Dave Pearson wrote: * Thomas E. Dickey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-03-22 10:28:35 -0500]: On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Dave Pearson wrote: I seem to remember that someone does/did maintain a patch that made mutt programmable via slang. possibly - but I've only seen it

Re: defining a command - internal langauge

2002-03-21 Thread Sven Guckes
* Jeremy Blosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-03-21 16:49]: Anyway, this is probably just one more place where a real internal scripting backend with variables and loops, etc., would be nice to have. Everyone knows it, but no one is up to the work yet it seems. ;) LISP. There - I've said it.

Re: defining a command - internal langauge

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Elkins
Sven Guckes wrote: * Jeremy Blosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-03-21 16:49]: Anyway, this is probably just one more place where a real internal scripting backend with variables and loops, etc., would be nice to have. Everyone knows it, but no one is up to the work yet it seems. ;) LISP.

Re: defining a command - internal langauge

2002-03-21 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin quoting what Michael Elkins said on Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:25:46PM -0800: This converstion comes up every once in a while and devolves into my programming language is better than yours ultimately. Just put an INTERCAL interpreter in there. Or, better yet, befunge. Then you can say