Mutt 1.13.2
Xubuntu 20.04

In my .muttrc file I have "set folder=~/lib/Mail" and all my saved mail resides under this location. I was wondering if there is a setting that would apply separately to attachments. I almost always want to save attachments in "~/Downloads" and have to manually add this path to the save line each time.

Alternately, maybe there is a way to make a single key alias for "~/Downloads" just as "=" or '+' substitutes for the folder string.

Not a big problem, but I wanted to check whether I was missing something obvious. Thanks.

On 2021-09-02, cjsmall wrote:
> Alternately, maybe there is a way to make a single key alias for "~/Downloads" just as "=" or '+' substitutes for the folder string.
>
> Not a big problem, but I wanted to check whether I was missing something obvious. Thanks.

Hmm, I guess I would just write a macro like this:

macro attach s "<save-entry>~/Downloads/"

Does that solve it?

Tavis.

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On 2021-09-03, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
> On 2021-09-02, cjsmall wrote:
>> Alternately, maybe there is a way to make a single key alias for "~/Downloads" just as "=" or '+' substitutes for the folder string.
>>
>> Not a big problem, but I wanted to check whether I was missing something obvious. Thanks.
>
> Hmm, I guess I would just write a macro like this:
>
> macro attach s "<save-entry>~/Downloads/"
>
> Does that solve it?
>

I guess this is better, so as not to overwrite the filename:

macro attach s "<save-entry><Home>~/Downloads/<End>"

Tavis.

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On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 7:48:25 PM UTC-7, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
> > Hmm, I guess I would just write a macro like this:
> > [...]
> > macro attach s "<save-entry>~/Downloads/"
> >
> I guess this is better, so as not to overwrite the filename:
>
> macro attach s "<save-entry><Home>~/Downloads/<End>"

Tavis: Thanks for the simple solution. It works! Regarding the <Home> and <End>, I see that they cause the attachment name to be inserted on the save line, but I really don't understand why or how. If you can enlighten me as to what is happening here, I'd appreciate it. Regards.

cjsmall <jefferysmall@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 7:48:25 PM UTC-7, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
>> > Hmm, I guess I would just write a macro like this:
>> > [...]
>> > macro attach s "<save-entry>~/Downloads/"
>> >
>> I guess this is better, so as not to overwrite the filename:
>>
>> macro attach s "<save-entry><Home>~/Downloads/<End>"
>
> Tavis: Thanks for the simple solution. It works! Regarding the
> <Home> and <End>, I see that they cause the attachment name to be
> inserted on the save line, but I really don't understand why or how.
> If you can enlighten me as to what is happening here, I'd appreciate
> it. Regards.

They don't. Mutt inserts the attachment name automatically. <Home>
simply moves the insertion cursor to the start of the name, then
"~/Downloads/" is entered as if you had typed those characters, then
<End> moves the insertion cursor back to the very end of the filename
field.

On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 8:35:00 PM UTC-7, Rich wrote:
> They don't. Mutt inserts the attachment name automatically. <Home>
> simply moves the insertion cursor to the start of the name, then
> "~/Downloads/" is entered as if you had typed those characters, then
> <End> moves the insertion cursor back to the very end of the filename
> field.

OK, I see now. That's what you meant previously by overwriting the attachment name. Without the <Home>/<End> the name was being inserted and then overwritten by "~/Download/" which is why I wasn't seeing it with your first example. Thanks for the great solution and the explanation.

I wrote all my mutt macros probably 15-20 years ago and have been using them pretty much unchanged since then. I'm really rusty at this point! :-)