Re: can't source $alias_file; says it's undefined

[Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sunday, December 10 at 04:26 PM, quoth Travis H.:
>set alias_file= ~/.mutt/aliases
>set sort_alias= alias
>set reverse_alias=yes
>source $alias_file
>
>That doesn't appear to work in my muttrc, with Mutt 1.5.11 (2005-09-15)
>
>It complains with a message that it couldn't source the alias_file,
>and based on the error message $alias_file isn't being expanded.
>
>Anyone know why?

That's easy: because it isn't being expanded. The ability to use mutt 
variables as if they were shell variables (as you are there) wasn't 
available until mutt 1.5.12.

~Kyle
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