RE: Collapse all threads except the one you are on

["David Fishburn" <fishburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Seems this always fails to post when I send it from my Linux 
> account. Anyway, sorry if this is duplicated.
> 
> Question 1:
> I have read through the manual (/collapse), but I dont really 
> see what I
> 
> am looking for.
> 
> I would like to have all threads collapsed.
> But when I jump to the next unread (Tab) I want Mutt to automatically 
> uncollapse that thread.
> 
> If possible, when I finish reading that email and go to the 
> next unread 
> (Tab) I want Mutt to collapse the current thread and 
> uncollapse the one I just 
> moved to.
> 
> Is this possible?


I think this is possible, but it would require creating a macro that
will issue multiple commands.
There are no examples in the Help (1.4.1) and I didn't find similar
examples in google.

So basically, I need to do something like this (can someone help me with
the syntax):
macro ,C collapse-thread | next-unread | collapse-thread

How do you issue multiple commands in a macro?

There does not appear to be a command to uncollapse a thread, only a
command to toggle whether the thread is collapsed or not.  If my macro
above is going to work, I need to be able to close or open (don't
toggle).

Any ideas?


> Question 2:
> I added a very simple colouring for index:
> color index brightwhite black '~N'
> color index brightwhite yellow '~U'
> 
> Which works out pretty well when the thread is uncollapsed.
> But what I was really trying to do (assuming question 1 
> setup) was when the thread is collapsed and there are unread 
> messages, Mutt places an "n" after the # sign.  Based on 
> that, I want to change the colour of the collapsed line to 
> indicate that there are additional unread items within.
> 
> So I have:
> set collapse_unread=yes
> color index brightwhite yellow '~U ~v'
> 
> I tried adding ~v since the help indicates message is part of 
> a collapsed thread, but it did not help.

Any suggestions here?

Thanks,
Dave