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In article <0576.AA0576@julie> mcr@julie.UUCP (Michael Richardson) writes:
> Dan Heller writes:
> >Use the -source arguemnt to mush when you start up:
> >% mush -source script_file
> >This file is sourced after your folder has been read in.
> 
>   Most of my customization of my .mushrc has been based around
> the advanced.mushrc file included in the tar. One thing struck me as
> quite odd --- the .mushrc file is read before the folder is. There is
> all this stuff with $first_time, etc... which seemed silly --- why
> not a command (which could be called from the init file) that
> would cause the mailbox to be read in?

Part of the initialization of mush is to "read in init file(s), load folder
specified, process commands from user-interface".  Loading a folder from
your .mushrc isn't wise because not everything has been initialized such
as tmpdir, and other variables that are important to the startup process.
If a folder has been loaded during initialization, then initialization might
change certain values that could lose changes or might do some interaction
with the user -- this isn't the place to do that stuff.

The reason $first_time is used is to demonstrate that the .mushrc can be
reused -- possibly recursively.  Many people forget that mush is more of
a "shell" than it is a Mail-clone.  The use of command line aliases,
history, and variable usage greatly enhances the usability of the product.

dan <island!argv@sun.com>
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