2.4.1. Global commands

The following commands are available globally:

bclose

close a buffer

optional arguments
—redraw:

redraw current buffer after command has finished

—force:

never ask for confirmation

bnext

focus next buffer

bprevious

focus previous buffer

buffer

focus buffer with given index

argument

buffer index to focus

bufferlist

open a list of active buffers

call

execute python code

argument

python command string to call

compose

compose a new email

argument

None

optional arguments
—sender:

sender

—template:

path to a template message file

—tags:

comma-separated list of tags to apply to message

—subject:

subject line

—to:

recipients

—cc:

copy to

—bcc:

blind copy to

—attach:

attach files

—omit_signature:

do not add signature

—spawn:

spawn editor in new terminal

confirmsequence

prompt to confirm a sequence of commands

argument

Additional message to prompt

exit

shut down cleanly

flush

flush write operations or retry until committed

help

display help for a command (use ‘bindings’ to display all keybindings interpreted in current mode)

argument

command or ‘bindings’

move

move focus in current buffer

argument

up, down, [half]page up, [half]page down, first, last

namedqueries

opens named queries buffer

prompt

prompts for commandline and interprets it upon select

argument

initial content

pyshell

open an interactive python shell for introspection

refresh

refresh the current buffer

reload

reload all configuration files

removequery

removes a “named query” from the database

argument

alias to remove

optional arguments
—no-flush:

postpone a writeout to the index (defaults to: ‘True’)

repeat

repeat the command executed last time

savequery

store query string as a “named query” in the database

positional arguments

0: alias to use for query string 1: query string to store

optional arguments
—no-flush:

postpone a writeout to the index (defaults to: ‘True’)

shellescape

run external command

argument

command line to execute

optional arguments
—spawn:

run in terminal window

—thread:

run in separate thread

—refocus:

refocus current buffer after command has finished

taglist

opens taglist buffer

optional arguments
—tags:

tags to display