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-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | mail/send.c | 5 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2021-06-10 +GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2021-07-19 See the end of file for copying conditions. Please send mailutils bug reports to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>. @@ -31,13 +31,19 @@ issued along with a suggestion on what statement to use instead: The 'retry-timeout' statement is a misnomer and is therefore deprecated. Use 'retry-sleep' instead. -* mail: fix semantics of mail sending and saving commands +* mail utility -* mail: fix the -F option +** Fix semantics of mail sending and saving commands -* mail: improve POSIX mailx compatible mode +** Fix the -F option -* New mail variables +** Improve POSIX mailx compatible mode + +** Compose escapes are recognized only in interactive mode + +This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60937 + +** New mail variables - fullnames Controls whether personal parts of emails are preserved in diff --git a/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi b/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi index 569d78034..d392ca452 100644 --- a/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi +++ b/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi @@ -1262,8 +1262,10 @@ capabilities through @dfn{compose escapes}. The @dfn{compose escapes} are single-character commands, preceded by special @dfn{escape character}, which defaults to @samp{~}. The combination @code{escape character + command} is recognized as a compose escape only if it occurs at the beginning of -a line. If the escape character must appear at the beginning of a -line, enter it twice. +a line and the standard input is connected to a terminal. If the +escape character must appear at the beginning of a line, enter it +twice. + The actual escape character may be changed by setting the value of @code{escape} mail variable (@pxref{Mail Variables}). diff --git a/mail/send.c b/mail/send.c index 1bdfe1134..098374dab 100644 --- a/mail/send.c +++ b/mail/send.c @@ -1324,8 +1324,9 @@ mail_compose_send (compose_env_t *env, int save_to) if (strcmp (buf, ".") == 0 && mailvar_is_true (mailvar_name_dot)) done = 1; - else if (mailvar_get (&escape, mailvar_name_escape, - mailvar_type_string, 0) == 0 + else if (interactive + && mailvar_get (&escape, mailvar_name_escape, + mailvar_type_string, 0) == 0 && buf[0] == escape[0]) { if (buf[1] == buf[0]) |