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