Re: [Nmh-workers] Any more changes for RC2?

[Paul Fox]

jerrad wrote:
 > > > >Does POSIX's wordexp(3) help?
 > > > I ... do not think so.  Unless I am misreading the man page, you can't 
 > > > make
 > > > it just do tilde expansion.  I don't like the idea of a single Attach:
 > >  > header expanding to multiple files.
 > >  why not?
 > >  it's now the primary UI for attachments.  why not make it a rich UI?
 > 
 > It could lead to accidental attachments e.g; people do not verify what
 > the glob would match first, or they mistype something (comma
 > instead of period)

typos can already cause accidental attachments.  mh doesn't insist on
absolute paths, either, and that can certainly lead to accidental
attachments.

perhaps what's needed instead is a confirmation step at whatnow, to
confirm that what's been attached is what was intended.

paul
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