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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