[POLL] Attachment counting

[David Champion <dgc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[Apologies if you've seen this already.  I posted it twice on Friday, but
 haven't yet received a copy of my own, or any responses.]

A question has come up on mutt-dev about mutt's attachment counting
code, which is available in recent CVS versions of mutt 1.5 or as a
patch for earlier releases.  We're evaluating how to simplify the
relevant code.

If you use this feature, please take a moment to reply to this quick
survey -- preferably off-list, to me directly, so as not to spam
everyone on the list.  I'll summarize after a few days.

1. Do you use the %X feature for $index_format (formerly $hdr_format)?

2. Do you use the ~X feature for searching or for limiting?

3. Would you use either of these features if they were in your
   current version of mutt?

( If you answered "no" to any these questions, there's no need to reply. :) )

4. If you use %X in your $index_format, do you primarily use it
   to say whether a message has attachments ("paperclip style" --
   e.g., %?X?foo&bar?), or do you really care about the number of
   attachments present?

5. If you use either of these features, have you customized your Attach
   and Unattach rules in muttrc?

6. If you have customized these rules, do you ever modify them, or do
   you use the same rules all the time?

7. Would you consider it a loss for the attachment counter to be reduced
   strictly to "paperclip style" -- that is, only indicating whether
   attachments are present, with no configurability of what counts as an
   attachment and without counting attachments?

8. Would you consider it a loss for the attachment counter to be removed
   completely?


Thanks for your time.

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 -D.    dgc@xxxxxxxxxxxx        NSIT    University of Chicago