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<p style="padding: 0 0.5em">Hey,</p>
<p style="padding: 0 0.5em">mutt allows attaching files from the command-line:</p>
<pre style="line-height: 125%; padding: 0 1em"><code style="white-space: pre-wrap">mutt -a /file/one /file/two /file/three -- … </code></pre>
<p style="padding: 0 0.5em">Basically, the rules are: <code style="white-space: pre-wrap">-a</code> takes a list of files,
terminated by <code style="white-space: pre-wrap">--</code>.</p>
<p style="padding: 0 0.5em">Zsh's completion of mutt treats the argument to <code style="white-space: pre-wrap">-a</code> as
optional:</p>
<pre style="line-height: 125%; padding: 0 1em"><code style="white-space: pre-wrap"> '*-a[attach file using MIME]::file attachment:_files' \ </code></pre>
<p style="padding: 0 0.5em">Therefore, after <code style="white-space: pre-wrap">-a</code>, mutt's completions include
recipients, which is not correct:</p>
<pre style="line-height: 125%; padding: 0 1em"><code style="white-space: pre-wrap">albatross:~% mutt -a toni^D
directory
toni/
recipient
toni@… </code></pre>
<p style="padding: 0 0.5em">Could you please help me figure out how to fix this? Basically after
it sees <code style="white-space: pre-wrap">-a</code>, compsys should be offering <code style="white-space: pre-wrap">_files</code>
until <code style="white-space: pre-wrap">--</code> is encountered, and also: at least one file is
mandatory.</p>
<p style="padding: 0 0.5em">Thanks,</p>
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<pre style="line-height: 125%; padding: 0 1em"><code style="white-space: pre-wrap"> .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> @martinkrafft
: :' : proud Debian developer
`. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck
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he said, 'call me if they die'
i shook his hand and said goodbye
ran out to the street
when a bowling ball came down the road
and knocked me off my feet"
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