diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/aerc-config.5.scd')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/aerc-config.5.scd | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/aerc-config.5.scd b/doc/aerc-config.5.scd index 3669d26e..6e20fd71 100644 --- a/doc/aerc-config.5.scd +++ b/doc/aerc-config.5.scd @@ -821,17 +821,21 @@ message/rfc822=thunderbird # TRIGGERS -Triggers specify commands to execute when certain events occur. +Triggers specify commands to execute when certain events occur. They are +configured in the *[triggers]* section of _aerc.conf_. -They are configured in the *[triggers]* section of _aerc.conf_. +The commands are not shell commands (i.e. they are not executed with _sh -c_) +and will be split in multiple arguments following basic shell quoting. They need +to use one of the commands described in *aerc*(1) without the leading colon *:* +(e.g. _exec foo bar_ instead of _:exec foo bar_). *new-email* = _<command>_ - Executed when a new email arrives in the selected folder. + Executed when a new email arrives in the selected folder. Example: - e.g. new-email=exec notify-send "New email from %n" "%s" + exec notify-send 'New email from {{.From | names | join ", "}}' '{{.Subject}}' - Format specifiers from *index-format* are expanded with respect to the new - message. + Templates specifiers from *aerc-templates*(7) are expanded with respect + to the new message. # TEMPLATES |