[neomutt-users] True/false, boolean, and quad-option question

Chris Bennett cpb_neomutt at bennettconstruction.us
Sun May 16 16:58:21 CEST 2021


On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 03:24:22PM +0100, Richard Russon wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> > set tilde
> > unset tilde
> 
> For booleans, you can use any of:
> 
>     no, yes, n, y, false, true, 0, 1, off, on
> 
> For quad-options, it's just:
> 
>     no, yes, ask-no, ask-yes
> 
> For both, the case is ignored.
> 
> Quoting values isn't required for bools or quads because the values
> don't contain whitespace or special characters.
> 
> > I briefly looked at the code on github
> 
> Each config type is managed by a separate source file:
> 
>     https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/blob/master/config/bool.c
>     https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/blob/master/config/quad.c
> 
> There are functions in each for setting, resetting, validating, etc.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Rich / FlatCap

Thanks! That's a big help.
Chris Bennett




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