Binding Space to select-entry gives Key is not bound.

[raf]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 07:28:14PM -0700, "Kevin J. McCarthy" <kevin at 8t8.us> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 04:34:10PM -0700, lists at ifohancroft.com wrote:
> > Personally, I see a couple of possible solutions for select-message in index:
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.
> 
> I don't agree with #3, though.  It sounds like you've recently started using
> Mutt and are still adjusting to some of the concepts.  I understand the
> initial confusion, but that's not a justification for changing basic
> functionality around.
> 
> #1 is awkward to implement.
> 
> So I'm still debating between making <select-entry> equivalent to
> <display-message> or just having it print an error message.
> 
> > > If your expectation wasn't to display the message with this
> > > function, then perhaps it's better to not make it equivalent to
> > > display-message, but try to display a more appropriate error message
> > > instead.
> > 
> > This is exactly what I meant. I think it would be best to not make it
> > equivalent to display-message in the index.
> 
> Since the function isn't currently implemented, I don't see the harm in
> making them equivalent.  Displaying the message seems the most natural
> interpretation of "selection" in the index when compared to its usage in the
> other menus.
> 
> Do any old timers have an opinion on this?
> 
> --
> Kevin J. McCarthy
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Tagging/untagging the current message seems like
another natural interpretation of "select" to me. I'm
not advocating for that. It's just what I think of as
"selection". But you don't agree with that (the first
half of #3). I guess the difference is whether you
think that a "selection" can only contain a single item
and so the purpose of the selection should be performed
immediately (so display-message makes sense), or
whether a selection can contain multiple items and so
the purpose of the selection might need to be delayed
until the selection process is complete (so tag-entry
makes sense). But like I said, I'm not advocating for
this. I don't even tag messages, and even if I did,
there's already a keystroke for doing that.

cheers,
raf

P.S. Thanks so much for all your work on mutt.
It's much appreciated, every single day.