Commands

Alot interprets user input as command line strings given via its prompt or bound to keys in the config. Command lines are semi-colon separated command strings, each of which starts with a command name and possibly followed by arguments.

See the sections below for which commands are available in which (UI) mode. global commands are available independently of the mode.

Global commands

globally available commands

Commands in ‘bufferlist’ mode

commands while listing active buffers

Commands in ‘envelope’ mode

commands during message composition

Commands in ‘namedqueries’ mode

commands while listing all named queries from the notmuch database

Commands in ‘search’ mode

commands available when showing thread search results

Commands in ‘taglist’ mode

commands while listing all tagstrings present in the notmuch database

Commands in ‘thread’ mode

commands available while displaying a thread