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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mutt
Subject: Re: [neomutt] can't source files
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 13:39:49 +0100
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On 3/7/2025 11:59 AM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> 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.
>>>>
>>>> (full error from ~/.neomuttdebug0 here: https://justpaste.it/je8s9 )
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know what I might be doing wrong?
>>>
>>> You say "or something similar", but the log shows something very
>>> different:
>>>
>>> Error in /home/kyonshi/.mutt/muttrc, line 9: source: file /home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes could not be sourced
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> "Usage
>>
>> Add the following code in your neomuttrc:
>>
>> 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.
> 

/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes/solarized-dark-256.neomuttrc also 
creates this error.

The file specifically says
source ~/.mutt/colorschemes/solarized-dark-256.neomuttrc
this is the only source entry in the muttrc.

it gives me the error
Error in /home/kyonshi/.mutt/muttrc, line 9: source: file 
/home/kyonshi/.mutt/colorschemes/solarized-dark-256.neomuttrc could not 
be sourced