> :source "echo set my_var |" > > All I get is the error message: > > source: errors in echo set my_var |
":set my_var" yields "my_var: unknown variable" too. Try, for example, :source "echo set ?index_format |" I was going to suggest this approach as well, although I'd have proposed "openssl enc" instead of gpg, I guess. Not much call for an asymmetric cipher here, especially as the point is to store secret data on a filesystem that contains the key for decoding the secret data. (I'm sure your gpg key is secure and all, it's just that no stored key > encrypted key.) I'm kind of surprised you've missed my dozens of messages recommending "source" with pipes, Kyle. :) It's super useful. My entire muttrc is generated this way. Thanks to the OP for asking the question, though. I hadn't thought of using programmic sources to encrypt sensitive muttrc files. Embedding programmatic source statements within programmatically-generated muttrc streams... tasty. -- -D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] NSIT University of Chicago