On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 06:07:39PM +0000, Sam Kuper wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 05:31:01PM +0000, Chris Green wrote: > > Is there a way of accessing the current mailbox name (i.e. for maildir > > the directory name) in mutt? > > IIRC, the caret symbol (^) can be used as a shortcut for the current > mailbox. > > Possibly relevant sections of the manual: > > http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/#shortcuts > > http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/#folder-hook > > http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/#mailbox-hook > > > > This is so I can put it in things like a 'set editor=<something>' > > command to pass to the 'editor'. > > Haven't tried using a caret in such a command myself. Let us know how > you get on. > I tried 'set my_xxx=^' and it just set the variable to ^ which wasn't very helpful!
-- Chris Green
