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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/aerc-templates.7.scd | 21 |
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diff --git a/doc/aerc-templates.7.scd b/doc/aerc-templates.7.scd index dc3ee306..557ad102 100644 --- a/doc/aerc-templates.7.scd +++ b/doc/aerc-templates.7.scd @@ -6,8 +6,25 @@ aerc-templates - template file specification for *aerc*(1) # SYNOPSIS -aerc uses the go "text/template" package for the template parsing -which supports basic go lang operations. +aerc uses the go "text/template" package for the template parsing. +Refer to the go documentation for the general syntax. + +Template files are composed of headers, followed by a newline, followed by the +body text. + +Example: + +``` +X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett + +Hello, + +Greetings, +Chuck +``` + +If you have a template that doesn't add any header, it *must* be preceded by a +newline, to avoid parsing parts of the body as header text. # MESSAGE DATA |