Strange problem on new system with <Enter> versus <Return> (or linefeed versus carriage return)
Michael Kjörling
ba47c4919fb5 at ewoof.net
Thu May 9 15:56:45 UTC 2024
On 9 May 2024 16:24 +0100, from cl at isbd.net (Chris Green):
> I have the following in muttrc so that hitting 'Enter' (the CR key) on
> the keyboard sends an E-Mail after composing it:-
>
> bind compose \n send-message # rather than 'y'
> On the new system the help line at the bottom shows:-
>
> <Return>:Send q:Abort t:To c:CC s:Subj a:Attach file d:Descrip ?:Help
>
> Whereas on the old system it shows:-
>
> <Enter>:Send q:Abort t:To c:CC s:Subj a:Attach file d:Descrip ?:Help
Have you tried using <enter> in place of \n in the bind command? Per
http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/#tab-key-names \n is technically
interpreted as "newline" whereas <enter> is interpreted as the Enter
key; that seems like it might be significant here.
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