Re: use script output as regex pattern in folder-fook
On Jul 25 17:32, Rocco Rutte wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Steve S wrote:
>
>> I have tried
>
>> set my_muttdir=$HOME/.mutt
>> folder-hook `$my_muttdir/script.sh` ...
>
>> Here, Mutt doesn't seem to expand $my_muttdir before handing the command over
>> to the shell. Is there a trick to do that?
>
> It doesn't seem so. At least for interactive shell-escape function it's
> documented that these variables aren't expanded... and I assume the same
> is true for backtick expansion.
>
OK, then I'll set an env var MUTTDIR and do
folder-hook `$MUTTDIR/script.sh` ...
A more elegant solution could be a config var $configdir or $scriptdir for
people who
- have more then one script laying around in ~/.mutt (or wherever)
- don't want to put Mutt-specific scripts in a location on $PATH
My 0.02 $.
steve