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Re: aliases file not being loaded in



* Michael Tatge on Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 08:44PM +0200:
> * On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 Christian Ebert (blacktrash@xxxxxxx) muttered:
>> * Dave Patterson on Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 01:03AM +0700:
>>> source ~/.mutt/aliases                    # Load in my aliases.
>> 
>> The passage in manual about sourcing the alias_file means that
>> you have to source it after adding a new alias and want to avoid
>> quitting and restarting mutt. But it is read in at startup.
> 
> wrong.

Right. I was wrong. Comes from splitting up my config in several
files -- and forgetting and not enough coffee.

> if you only set alias_file it's not read in at startup.
> alias_file only sets the file <create-alias> works on.

Dave, better listen to Michael, I'll have some coffee ...

c
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