Alias Options

$alias_file

Description:

Save new aliases to this file

Type:

Path (String)

Notes:

File only

Default:

set alias_file = "~/.neomuttrc"

The default file in which to save aliases created by <create-alias>. Entries added to this file are encoded in the character set specified by $config_charset if it is set or the current character set otherwise.

The default for this option is the currently used neomuttrc file, or ~/.neomuttrc if no user neomuttrc was found.

Note

NeoMutt will not automatically source this file; you must explicitly use :source for it to be executed in case this option points to a dedicated alias file.

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$alias_format

Description:

Format string for the Alias Dialog

Type:

Expando

Notes:

Not Empty, Pipe Support

Default:

set alias_format = "%3i %f%t %-15a %-56A | %C%> %Y"

Alternative:

set alias_format = "%3{number} %{flags}%{tagged} %-15{alias} %-56{address} | %{comment}%{padding-hard: }%{tags}"

Specify the format of the data displayed in the Alias Dialog.

Format Sequences

Short	Long Name	Description
%A	%{address}	Full Address (Name and Email)
%a	%{alias}	Alias name
%C	%{comment}	Comment
%E	%{email}	Email Address
%f	%{flags}	Flags - currently, a d for an alias marked for deletion
%i	%{number}	Index number
%N	%{name}	Real name
%t	%{tagged}	Alias is tagged (selected)
%Y	%{tags}	User-defined tags (labels)
%*X	%{padding-soft:X}	Soft-fill with character X as padding
%>X	%{padding-hard:X}	Right justify the rest of the string and pad with character X
%|X	%{padding-eol:X}	Pad to the end of the line with character X

See also

Expandos: Tutorial Conditional, Howto Conditional, Formatting, Reference

The following sequences are deprecated; they will be removed in the future.

Deprecated	Action
%c	Use %C instead
%n	Use %i instead
%r	Use %A instead

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$alias_sort

Description:

Sort method for the Alias Dialog

Type:

Sort Order

Notes:

Reverse

Default:

set alias_sort = alias

Specifies how the entries in the Alias and Query Dialogs are sorted.

Value	Sort by
alias	Alias short name
email	Email Address
name	Real Name
unsorted	The order the Aliases were configured

Deprecated Value	Use this instead
address	email

Note

If set, this overrides the order of entries returned by the $query_command.

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$query_command

Description:

External command to query an external address book

Type:

Command (String)

Default:

(empty)

set query_command = ""

This specifies the command NeoMutt will use to make external address queries. The string may contain a %s, which will be substituted with the query string the user types. NeoMutt will add quotes around the string substituted for %s automatically according to shell quoting rules, so you should avoid adding your own. If no %s is found in the string, NeoMutt will append the user’s query to the end of the string.

See also

External Address Queries

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$query_format

Description:

Format string for the Query Dialog (address book)

Type:

Expando

Notes:

Not Empty, Pipe Support

Default:

set query_format = "%3i %t %-25N %-25E | %C%> %Y"

Alternative:

set query_format = "%3{number} %{tagged} %-25{name} %-25{email} | %{comment}%{padding-hard: }%{tags}"

Specify the format of the data displayed in the Query Dialog.

Format Sequences

Short	Long Name	Description
%A	%{address}	Full Address (Name and Email)
%C	%{comment}	Comment
%E	%{email}	Email Address
%i	%{number}	Index number
%N	%{name}	Real name
%t	%{tagged}	Alias is tagged (selected)
%Y	%{tags}	User-defined tags (labels)
%*X	%{padding-soft:X}	Soft-fill with character X as padding
%>X	%{padding-hard:X}	Right justify the rest of the string and pad with character X
%|X	%{padding-eol:X}	Pad to the end of the line with character X

The following sequences are deprecated; they will be removed in the future.

Deprecated	Action
%a	Use %E instead
%c	Use %i instead
%e	Use %C instead
%n	Use %N instead

See also

Expandos: Tutorial Conditional, Howto Conditional, Formatting, Reference