Re: Mutt 1.5.18 (2008-12-10) and folder_format
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 06:09:18PM +0000, Dave Wood wrote:
> On (08:49 14/12/08), George Davidovich <mutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> put forth
> the proposition:
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 04:21:07AM +0000, Dave Wood wrote:
> > > Just testing 1.5.18 and noticed that now %s is showing in KBytes
> > > instead of bytes. Is there a new format for bytes?
> >
> > You'll get K only if the mailbox is smaller than a megabyte,
> > otherwise you'll get M.
> >
> > I brought up the issue 6 months ago, and the lack of response
> > suggests that it's not a widespread problem.
>
> Well it's not a huge problem for me I guess, but it would be nice to
> some extra formatting options like display in bytes or K/M.
Agreed, but the recognition of a problem and a possible fix generally
precede discussions of workarounds and their relative merits, let alone
new feature requests.
Me, I've removed %s from folder_format entirely. I expect to get bitten
one day, but for day to day maildir browsing (where everything is
"0.5K"), file size information isn't that important. Similarly, I've
removed %b from index_format for IMAP browsing, choosing instead to rely
on the clunky but reliably correct information provided by using the
toggle-mailboxes ('y') command.
Not entirely unlike real solutions, but who's counting?
--
George