Re: [neomutt] can't source files

Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> writes:

On 2/25/2025 11:50 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:

Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> writes:

for some reason I am getting the message "Error in
/home/kyonshi/.mutt/muttrc, line 9: source: file
/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes/solarized-dark-256.neomuttrc could
not be sourced" or something similar, whenever I try to put a theme
into my muttrc-file.
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(full error from ~/.neomuttdebug0 here: https://justpaste.it/je8s9 )
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Anyone know what I might be doing wrong?

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You say "or something similar", but the log shows something very
different:
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Error in /home/kyonshi/.mutt/muttrc, line 9: source: file /home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes could not be sourced
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When posting about an error, don't show us "something similar".
Copy-and-paste the exact error message.  And if it refers to a line in a
file (line 9 in your .mutt/muttrc), show us that line, with some context
if it might matter.

Why haven't you shown us the line in your muttrc?

If "/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes/solarized-dark-256.neomuttrc",
then "/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes" is a directory, which of
course can't be sourced.
 
You have (at least) two problems: you're trying to source a
directory, and you apparently *think* you're trying to source a file
under that directory.

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So what can be sourced?

A file (not a directory) containing valid neomutt commands
Try "man neomuttrc" and search for "source".

                        I had assumed using the entry
/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes/solarized-dark-256.neomuttrc would
allow me to use the theme in question,

Yes, it probably would.

                                       but neither this nor
/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes/ seems to work.

If you tried to source *both* of them from the same file, then the
failure to source the directory would probably be a fatal error.

The error message on justpaste.it doesn't indicate that you tried to
source "/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes/solarized-dark-256.neomuttrc".
It indicates that you tried to source
"/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes", which is a directory.

Have you tried source'ing
"/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes/solarized-dark-256.neomuttrc"?
If so, what happened?

According to the neomutt website it should be
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"Usage
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Add the following code in your neomuttrc:
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source /path/to/neomutt/colorschemes "

Specifically, that's from <https://neomutt.org/contrib/colorschemes>.

"/path/to/neomutt/colorschemes" isn't meant to be taken literally.
You need to replace it with the path to the file you want to source.
In your case, "/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes" is a directory.

but I assumed I was using this the correct way.

Well, you weren't, because, once again, you can't source a directory.

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