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..
CAUTION: THIS FILE IS AUTO-GENERATED
from the inline comments of specfile defaults/alot.rc.spec.
If you want to change its content make your changes
to that spec to ensure they woun't be overwritten later.
.. _ask-subject:
.. describe:: ask_subject
:type: boolean
:default: True
.. _attachment-prefix:
.. describe:: attachment_prefix
directory prefix for downloading attachments
:type: string
:default: `~`
.. _authors-maxlength:
.. describe:: authors_maxlength
maximal length of authors string in search mode before it gets truncated
:type: integer
:default: 30
.. _bufferclose-focus-offset:
.. describe:: bufferclose_focus_offset
offset of next focused buffer if the current one gets closed
:type: integer
:default: -1
.. _bug-on-exit:
.. describe:: bug_on_exit
confirm exit
:type: boolean
:default: False
.. _colourmode:
.. describe:: colourmode
number of colours to use
:type: option, one of ['1', '16', '256']
:default: 256
.. _complete-matching-abook-only:
.. describe:: complete_matching_abook_only
in case more than one account has an address book:
Set this to True to make tab completion for recipients during compose only
look in the abook of the account matching the sender address
:type: boolean
:default: False
.. _display-content-in-threadline:
.. describe:: display_content_in_threadline
fill threadline with message content
:type: boolean
:default: False
.. _displayed-headers:
.. describe:: displayed_headers
headers that get displayed by default
:type: string list
:default: From, To, Cc, Bcc, Subject
.. _edit-headers-blacklist:
.. describe:: edit_headers_blacklist
see :ref:`edit_headers_whitelist <edit-headers-whitelist>`
:type: string list
:default: Content-Type, MIME-Version, References, In-Reply-To
.. _edit-headers-whitelist:
.. describe:: edit_headers_whitelist
Which header fields should be editable in your editor
used are those that match the whitelist and don't match the blacklist.
in both cases '*' may be used to indicate all fields.
:type: string list
:default: \*,
.. _editor-cmd:
.. describe:: editor_cmd
editor command
if unset, alot will first try the :envvar:`EDITOR` env variable, then :file:`/usr/bin/editor`
:type: string
:default: None
.. _editor-in-thread:
.. describe:: editor_in_thread
call editor in separate thread.
In case your editor doesn't run in the same window as alot, setting true here
will make alot non-blocking during edits
:type: boolean
:default: False
.. _editor-spawn:
.. describe:: editor_spawn
use terminal_command to spawn a new terminal for the editor?
equivalent to always providing the `--spawn` parameter to compose/edit commands
:type: boolean
:default: False
.. _editor-writes-encoding:
.. describe:: editor_writes_encoding
file encoding used by your editor
:type: string
:default: `UTF-8`
.. _envelope-headers-blacklist:
.. describe:: envelope_headers_blacklist
headers that are hidden in envelope buffers by default
:type: string list
:default: In-Reply-To, References
.. _flush-retry-timeout:
.. describe:: flush_retry_timeout
timeout in seconds after a failed attempt to writeout the database is repeated
:type: integer
:default: 5
.. _hooksfile:
.. describe:: hooksfile
where to look up hooks
:type: string
:default: `~/.config/alot/hooks.py`
.. _initial-command:
.. describe:: initial_command
initial command when none is given as argument:
:type: string
:default: `search tag:inbox AND NOT tag:killed`
.. _notify-timeout:
.. describe:: notify_timeout
time in secs to display status messages
:type: integer
:default: 2
.. _print-cmd:
.. describe:: print_cmd
how to print messages:
this specifies a shell command used for printing.
threads/messages are piped to this command as plain text.
muttprint/a2ps works nicely
:type: string
:default: None
.. _prompt-suffix:
.. describe:: prompt_suffix
Suffix of the prompt used when waiting for user input
:type: string
:default: `:`
.. _quit-on-last-bclose:
.. describe:: quit_on_last_bclose
shut down when the last buffer gets closed
:type: boolean
:default: False
.. _search-threads-sort-order:
.. describe:: search_threads_sort_order
default sort order of results in a search
:type: option, one of ['oldest_first', 'newest_first', 'message_id', 'unsorted']
:default: newest_first
.. _show-statusbar:
.. describe:: show_statusbar
display status-bar at the bottom of the screen?
:type: boolean
:default: True
.. _tabwidth:
.. describe:: tabwidth
number of spaces used to replace tab characters
:type: integer
:default: 8
.. _template-dir:
.. describe:: template_dir
templates directory that contains your message templates.
It will be used if you give `compose --template` a filename without a path prefix.
:type: string
:default: `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alot/templates`
.. _terminal-cmd:
.. describe:: terminal_cmd
set terminal command used for spawning shell commands
:type: string
:default: `x-terminal-emulator -e`
.. _theme:
.. describe:: theme
name of the theme to use
:type: string
:default: None
.. _themes-dir:
.. describe:: themes_dir
directory containing theme files
:type: string
:default: None
.. _thread-authors-me:
.. describe:: thread_authors_me
Word to replace own addresses with. Works in combination with
:ref:`thread_authors_replace_me <thread-authors-replace-me>`
:type: string
:default: `Me`
.. _thread-authors-replace-me:
.. describe:: thread_authors_replace_me
Replace own email addresses with "me" in author lists
Uses own addresses and aliases in all configured accounts.
:type: boolean
:default: True
.. _timestamp-format:
.. describe:: timestamp_format
timestamp format in `strftime format syntax <http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior>`_
:type: string
:default: None
.. _user-agent:
.. describe:: user_agent
value of the User-Agent header used for outgoing mails.
setting this to the empty string will cause alot to omit the header all together.
The string '{version}' will be replaced by the version string of the running instance.
:type: string
:default: `alot/{version}`
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