* Ken Weingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-06-06 16:40]:
> Well here's a feature request. I wish there were an option to have
> mutt prompt you for which return address to use, being able to pick
> from a menu of addresses set somewhere in the muttrc. Any
> possibility?
A few months ago, some (sorry, I don't remember who) posted a patch that
adds an "ask-from" quadoption, which does what you're asking for in not
too many lines. It's written against 1.3.27, and I've applied it to
1.3.28 (haven't tried 1.4 yet). It's attached.
(darren)
--
Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.
-- Woody Allen
diff -rup mutt-1.3.27.orig/init.h mutt-1.3.27/init.h
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/init.h Mon Dec 10 02:09:03 2001
+++ mutt-1.3.27/init.h Tue Feb 12 12:28:01 2002
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ struct option_t MuttVars[] = {
** If set, Mutt will use plain ASCII characters when displaying thread
** and attachment trees, instead of the default \fIACS\fP characters.
*/
+ { "askfrom", DT_BOOL, R_NONE, OPTASKFROM, 0 },
+ /*
+ ** .pp
+ ** If set, Mutt will prompt you for a From: address
+ ** before editing an outgoing message.
+ */
{ "askbcc", DT_BOOL, R_NONE, OPTASKBCC, 0 },
/*
** .pp
diff -rup mutt-1.3.27.orig/mutt.h mutt-1.3.27/mutt.h
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/mutt.h Tue Jan 15 13:00:32 2002
+++ mutt-1.3.27/mutt.h Tue Feb 12 12:30:20 2002
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ enum
OPTALLOWANSI,
OPTARROWCURSOR,
OPTASCIICHARS,
+ OPTASKFROM,
OPTASKBCC,
OPTASKCC,
OPTATTACHSPLIT,
diff -rup mutt-1.3.27.orig/send.c mutt-1.3.27/send.c
--- mutt-1.3.27.orig/send.c Fri Dec 28 09:14:36 2001
+++ mutt-1.3.27/send.c Tue Feb 12 12:23:27 2002
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ static int edit_envelope (ENVELOPE *en)
char buf[HUGE_STRING];
LIST *uh = UserHeader;
+ if (option (OPTASKFROM) && edit_address (&en->from, "From: ") == -1 || en->from ==
+NULL)
+ return (-1);
if (edit_address (&en->to, "To: ") == -1 || en->to == NULL)
return (-1);
if (option (OPTASKCC) && edit_address (&en->cc, "Cc: ") == -1)
