On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 01:07:59PM +0200, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 09:52:08AM +0000, Chris Green ([email protected]) wrote: > > > > I run mutt on two systems with near identical muttrc files, it would > > be very handy to be able to make the muttrc files identical to > > simplify maintenance. > > > > Essentially the *only* difference between the two muttrc files is my > > E-Mail address used in alternates and my_hdr commands. > > > > On one system I can use the system's hostname to form my address but > > not on the other. Is there a way to set a variable according to the > > value of another variable (or command output)? > > How about something like > > source .muttrc-local > > with the host-specific settings in the .muttrc-local file? > Yes, that's how I do it at the moment actually, I was just trying to avoid maintaining two more files! :-)
-- Chris Green
