Is it possible to redraw screen after doing a charset change?

[David Woodfall]

I have a couple of binds to change charset between UTF-8/ISO-8859-1.
The problem is that I need to exit from the pager and then reopen the
message to see the changes, so I added those commands to the macro,
which works fine.

However, this doesn't work in the index, so is there a way to redraw
the screen after a charset change? I don't see anything in the manual
about it.

[David Woodfall]

Going assumption is you're running a g.u.i. That being the case, try
running xrefresh.

I'm using mutt over ssh on a headless server. No X.

Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:20:19
Subject: Is it possible to redraw screen after doing a charset change?
I have a couple of binds to change charset between UTF-8/ISO-8859-1.
The problem is that I need to exit from the pager and then reopen the
message to see the changes, so I added those commands to the macro,
which works fine.
However, this doesn't work in the index, so is there a way to redraw
the screen after a charset change? I don't see anything in the manual
about it.

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[Jude DaShiell]

In ssh try tilde-r.

Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:55:18
Subject: Re: Is it possible to redraw screen after doing a charset change?

Going assumption is you're running a g.u.i. That being the case, try
running xrefresh.

I'm using mutt over ssh on a headless server. No X.

Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:20:19
Subject: Is it possible to redraw screen after doing a charset change?
I have a couple of binds to change charset between UTF-8/ISO-8859-1.
The problem is that I need to exit from the pager and then reopen the
message to see the changes, so I added those commands to the macro,
which works fine.
However, this doesn't work in the index, so is there a way to redraw
the screen after a charset change? I don't see anything in the manual
about it.

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[David Woodfall]

Post by Jude DaShiell
In ssh try tilde-r.

It doesn't do anything. I set EscapeChar ~ in ~/.ssh/config, but I
think my terminal must be grabbing it. Maybe there's a screen command
to do it?

Post by Jude DaShiell

Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:55:18
Subject: Re: Is it possible to redraw screen after doing a charset change?

Going assumption is you're running a g.u.i. That being the case,
try running xrefresh.

I'm using mutt over ssh on a headless server. No X.

Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:20:19
Subject: Is it possible to redraw screen after doing a charset change?
I have a couple of binds to change charset between UTF-8/ISO-8859-1.
The problem is that I need to exit from the pager and then reopen the
message to see the changes, so I added those commands to the macro,
which works fine.
However, this doesn't work in the index, so is there a way to redraw
the screen after a charset change? I don't see anything in the manual
about it.

--

--

[David Woodfall]

Post by David Woodfall

Post by Jude DaShiell
In ssh try tilde-r.

It doesn't do anything. I set EscapeChar ~ in ~/.ssh/config, but I
think my terminal must be grabbing it. Maybe there's a screen command
to do it?

Well C-l redraws the screen, but the characters don't change. I think
it's mutt that needs to redraw, not ssh or screen.

Post by David Woodfall

Post by Jude DaShiell

Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:55:18
Subject: Re: Is it possible to redraw screen after doing a charset change?

Going assumption is you're running a g.u.i. That being the
case, try running xrefresh.

I'm using mutt over ssh on a headless server. No X.

Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:20:19
Subject: Is it possible to redraw screen after doing a charset change?
I have a couple of binds to change charset between UTF-8/ISO-8859-1.
The problem is that I need to exit from the pager and then reopen the
message to see the changes, so I added those commands to the macro,
which works fine.
However, this doesn't work in the index, so is there a way to redraw
the screen after a charset change? I don't see anything in the manual
about it.

--

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[Kevin J. McCarthy]

Post by David Woodfall
I have a couple of binds to change charset between UTF-8/ISO-8859-1.
The problem is that I need to exit from the pager and then reopen the
message to see the changes, so I added those commands to the macro,
which works fine.
However, this doesn't work in the index, so is there a way to redraw
the screen after a charset change? I don't see anything in the manual
about it.

I think the mailbox may need to be reopened for mutt to reprocess the
headers, because they are stored in memory.

In version 1.8.0 and higher, the <mark-message> function can be used to
save your place, and the value in $mark_macro_prefix to restore it:
macro index ,r "<mark-message>a<enter><change-folder>^<enter>'a"

[David Woodfall]

Post by Kevin J. McCarthy

Post by David Woodfall
I have a couple of binds to change charset between UTF-8/ISO-8859-1.
The problem is that I need to exit from the pager and then reopen the
message to see the changes, so I added those commands to the macro,
which works fine.
However, this doesn't work in the index, so is there a way to redraw
the screen after a charset change? I don't see anything in the manual
about it.

I think the mailbox may need to be reopened for mutt to reprocess the
headers, because they are stored in memory.
In version 1.8.0 and higher, the <mark-message> function can be used to
macro index ,r "<mark-message>a<enter><change-folder>^<enter>'a"

That does sound like the way. I'll upgrade. Thanks.