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Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?
From: |
Doug Kearns |
Subject: |
Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands? |
Date: |
Fri Jan 25 19:33:02 2002 |
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Mutt/1.3.27i |
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:57:47AM +0100, Martin Samuelsson wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:01:06PM +0000, Doug Kearns wrote:
> > I'm not sure how useful the 'help' window is to novices anyway. Perhaps
> > 'help' should just list all the commands with a short description. Then
> > 'bind' without an argument could generate the current help screen with
> > the unbound commands added as well. However, this would break the 'just
> > like screen' model :-)
>
> that's a bad idea i think. since there are a couple of commands that
> actually do something useful when not given an argument.
You've lost me here... Isn't this how you proposed the alias command
should work?
> but giving ":help command" could give help on the specific command i
> think. but adding a complete help browser in rp would be bloat, let's
> spawn off a child process. it's time for rathelp?
>
> anyone?
Sounds very much like the abomination that is 'info ratpoison' :-)
<snip>
> the main reason that isn't useful there is that mutt doesn't provide the
> actual configuration. it shows a text of the default keybindings.
It surely does, look again. Try binding one of the unbound commands and
calling help again.
> i would lie if i said i didn't get inspiration from it though. i look up
> colon commands there occasionaly(spl?).
>
> > Of course, I was just wondering if _you_ actually did something like
> > this and therefore, needed the functionality.
>
> not yet. but i think there is a buffer size bug or similiar in the
> aliasing code. i'm not sure if it's in current cvs.
More details?
Regards,
Doug
- [RP] help showing unbound commands?, Martin Samuelsson, 2002/01/17
- [RP] Re: help showing unbound commands?, Martin Samuelsson, 2002/01/17
- Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?, Doug Kearns, 2002/01/19
- Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?, Martin Samuelsson, 2002/01/19
- Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?, Doug Kearns, 2002/01/19
- Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?, shawn, 2002/01/20
- Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?, eichin-ratp, 2002/01/20
- Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?, Martin Samuelsson, 2002/01/23
- Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?,
Doug Kearns <=
- Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?, Martin Samuelsson, 2002/01/30
Re: [RP] help showing unbound commands?, Gergely Nagy, 2002/01/19