Re: Two problems - sorting index +
Thank you Kyle the excellent explanation. This is a Gentoo forum type of
answer/explanation; friendly and in
details.
This kind of spirit encourage others to use the software.
This one will go into my help file collection.
I have replaced "%-15.15a" with "%-15.15n"
%n author's real name (or address if missing)
This one displays my name along with others.
Regards,
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#Joseph
On 10/01/07 09:17, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> >> index_format
> >
> >So I have to dissect that crypto :-)
>
> Sorry; the answer to your question is that it's controlled by index
> display, specifically, the variable $index_format. The default
> $index_format is:
>
> %4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%?l?%4l&%4c?) %s
> ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^- Subject
> | | | | | `- size of message, in lines or bytes
> | | | | `- THIS IS THE ONE TO CHANGE
> | | `--+- The date and time of the message
> | `- message status flags
> `- current message number
>
> The one you want to change (%-15.15L, or more simply, %L) means,
> according to the documentation:
>
> If an address in the To or CC header field matches an address
> defined by the users "subscribe" command, this displays "To
> <list-name>", otherwise the same as %F
>
> %F means:
>
> author name, or recipient name if the message is from you
>
> What it doesn't mention is that if it shows the recipient name, it
> shows it in the form "To <recipient>".
>
> In other words, you haven't specified in your muttrc that
> mutt-users@xxxxxxxx is a list you're subscribed to, and so it's
> falling back on %F for all of those messages. If you want it to ALWAYS
> show the author of the message, replace "%-15.15L" with "%-15.15a" in
> your $index_format, which is the address of the author of the message.
>
> ~Kyle
> --
> If you are going through hell, keep going.
> -- Winston Churchill
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#Joseph