why :command does not work

[Yubin Ruan]

Why :command fails to execute the `command'. Doesn't mutt work like vim?

Yubin

[Rainer Sokoll]

Post by Yubin Ruan
Why :command fails to execute the `command'. Doesn't mutt work like vim?

: lets you invoke muttrc commands. You are looking for !.

Rainer

[Yubin Ruan]

Post by Rainer Sokoll

Post by Yubin Ruan
Why :command fails to execute the `command'. Doesn't mutt work like vim?

: lets you invoke muttrc commands. You are looking for !.

I mean, when at index, doing :toggle-new does not work (error unknown
command).

Yubin

[Jörg Sommer]

Post by Yubin Ruan

Post by Rainer Sokoll

Post by Yubin Ruan
Why :command fails to execute the `command'. Doesn't mutt work like vim?

: lets you invoke muttrc commands. You are looking for !.

I mean, when at index, doing :toggle-new does not work (error unknown
command).

Is ":exec toggle-new" what you are looking for?

Regards, Jörg

[Yubin Ruan]

Post by Jörg Sommer

Post by Yubin Ruan

Post by Rainer Sokoll

Post by Yubin Ruan
Why :command fails to execute the `command'. Doesn't mutt work like vim?

: lets you invoke muttrc commands. You are looking for !.

I mean, when at index, doing :toggle-new does not work (error unknown
command).

Is ":exec toggle-new" what you are looking for?

Yes. Many thanks! Are there any other options other than :exec? I mean, any
other options after a : , such as :look-for-some-command ...

Yubin

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

Post by Yubin Ruan
Yes. Many thanks! Are there any other options other than :exec? I mean, any
other options after a : , such as :look-for-some-command ...

Other commands are listed at
https://dev.mutt.org/doc/manual.html#commands

<toggle-new> is a function; others are described at
https://dev.mutt.org/doc/manual.html#functions

Functions are typically executed via key-bindings, but can also be run
via the push or exec command (or using hooks, macros, etc).