multiple lines, provided that the split points don't appear in the
middle of command names.
+Please note that, unlike the various shells, mutt-ng interpretes a ``\''
+at the end of a line also in comments. This allows you to disable a command
+split over multiple lines with only one ``#''.
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+# folder-hook . \
+ set realname="Michael \"MuttDude\" Elkins"
+</tscreen></verb>
+
+When testing your config files, beware the following caveat. The backslash
+at the end of the commented line extends the current line with the next line
+- then referred to as a ``continuation line''. As the first line is
+commented with a hash (#) all following continuation lines are also
+part of a comment and therefore are ignored, too. So take care of comments
+when continuation lines are involved within your setup files!
+
+Abstract example:
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+line1\
+line2a # line2b\
+line3\
+line4
+line5
+</tscreen></verb>
+
+line1 ``continues'' until line4. however, the part after the # is a
+comment which includes line3 and line4. line5 is a new line of its own and
+thus is interpreted again.
+
It is also possible to substitute the output of a Unix command in an
initialization file. This is accomplished by enclosing the command in
backquotes (``). For example,
<item>! -- refers to your <ref id="spoolfile" name="$spoolfile"> (incoming) mailbox
<item>> -- refers to your <ref id="mbox" name="$mbox"> file
<item>< -- refers to your <ref id="record" name="$record"> file
+<item>^ -- refers to the current mailbox
<item>- or !! -- refers to the file you've last visited
<item>˜ -- refers to your home directory
<item>= or + -- refers to your <ref id="folder" name="$folder"> directory
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