Re: [nail-devel] mailx for everyday use

[Martin N. <ne...@ga...>]

> I would like to make script to allow me to attach a file with
> filename completion ability, without actually adding readline
> Is this possible?

I'm admittedly not a fan or bug user of attachments anyway but:

I'm not missing filename completion because I can always

(a)  use the   ~!ls foo*    escape and then the mouse (X11 or screen(1))
(b)  use the   ~!ls foo*    escape and an xterm's dabbrev feature

when using the ~@ attachment escape next.

The xterm dynamic-abbreviation feature is probably little known.
It is just a few years old and, though described in most man pages by
now, seldom enabled in xxBSD or Linux distributions.  It's a compile
time option.  In addition, you need to define a key for the dabbrev
action in your ressource settings as described in the manpage.   So,
yes, it's a bit of a setup hassles, but well worth the effort.

								Martin