Add some defaults for template options

config/config.go

@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@ func (config *AercConfig) LoadConfig(file *ini.File) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		templateDirs := templatesSec.Key("template-dirs").String()
+		if templateDirs != "" {
 			config.Templates.TemplateDirs = strings.Split(templateDirs, ":")
+		}
 		for key, val := range templatesSec.KeysHash() {
 			if key == "template-dirs" {
 				continue
@@ -404,6 +406,12 @@ func LoadConfigFromFile(root *string, sharedir string) (*AercConfig, error) {
 				{"Subject"},
 			},
 		},
+
+		Templates: TemplateConfig{
+			TemplateDirs: []string{path.Join(sharedir, "templates")},
+			QuotedReply:  "quoted_reply",
+			Forwards:     "forward_as_body",
+		},
 	}
 	// These bindings are not configurable
 	config.Bindings.AccountWizard.ExKey = KeyStroke{

lib/templates/template.go

@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ func ParseTemplateFromFile(templateName string, templateDirs []string, data inte
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	emailTemplate, err :=
+	emailTemplate, err := template.New(templateName).
-		template.New(templateName).Funcs(templateFuncs).ParseFiles(templateFile)
+		Funcs(templateFuncs).ParseFiles(templateFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

widgets/compose.go

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ type Composer struct {
 }
 
 func NewComposer(aerc *Aerc, conf *config.AercConfig,
-	acct *config.AccountConfig, worker *types.Worker, template string, defaults map[string]string) (*Composer, error) {
+	acct *config.AccountConfig, worker *types.Worker, template string,
+	defaults map[string]string) (*Composer, error) {
 
 	if defaults == nil {
 		defaults = make(map[string]string)
@@ -173,7 +174,8 @@ func (c *Composer) AddTemplate(template string, data interface{}) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	templateText, err := templates.ParseTemplateFromFile(template, c.config.Templates.TemplateDirs, data)
+	templateText, err := templates.ParseTemplateFromFile(
+		template, c.config.Templates.TemplateDirs, data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}