When trying to debug my mutt configuration, I needed to see what was the value of some configuration setting in a running mutt
process. How do I figure out what is the current value of a variable in mutt
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Run enter-command
(by default it is bound to :
in the index view) and then run set ?option
, where option
is the desired option; mutt
will then display what is the current value for the option.
Source: mutt manual.

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2Upvoting both question and answer because I've been using Vim for so long that I keep thinking the question mark comes after the name of the variable and I come back to this question when that doesn't work. – Anthony Geoghegan Jan 09 '21 at 22:25