On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 15:26:47 -0400, Christopher Conforti wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been using mutt for a bit now. I really like it, because it's > vastly more efficient than the GUI MUA I was using before and so much > more configurable; there are a LOT of options! It seems here lately I > learn about a new one every day that I just happen to have a use for. > > I imagine there are a number of users who, like me, enjoy tinkering > with and tweaking their setup, adjusting every detail to their liking. > So for those who do: > * Have you done anything unusual with your configuration? Why?
I don't think it is that unusual, but I thought it was clever when someone
told me about it 15+ years ago: I use a "conditionals" to tweak mutt
settings per host without having to duplicate all the generic tweaks in my
muttrc. Specifically, in my muttrc I have a line like:
source `$HOME/environ/bin/muttsource
$HOME/environ/local/muttrc.$MUTTPFX$HOSTNAME`
Where muttsource is:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -e "$1" ]; then
FILE="$1"
else
FILE="/dev/null"
fi
echo "$FILE"
I use these muttrc fragments to tweak things like paths and so on.
The $MUTTPFX env var directs mutt to a different set of muttrc fragments. I
use this to support multiple accounts - namely, personal ("") and work
("work-"). (I like running two mutts in separate terminals for that instead
of switching inside one.) To start the work mutt, all I have to do is:
$ export MUTTPFX=work-
$ mutt
Well, I have a shell script called work-mutt that does that :)
Jeff.
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