Re: Collapsed Threads and Status Flags
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 08:00:36PM +1030, Mads Laursen wrote:
> > When all threads are collapsed, I can no longer tell which messages
> are a thread.
>
> Something like
>
> set index_format="%4C %Z %{%m/%d} %-15.15F (%4c) %?M?%M> ?%s"
>
> gets you something like
>
> 716 L 02/02 Victor Engmark (9.0K) 2> Suggestion: XML support
> 718 02/02 David Laight (5.0K) bug#1791: mutt-1.4.1i: mutt
leaks
> an
> 719 L 02/03 Alain Bench (3.0K) display of CP-1258
> 720 L 02/03 Thomas Roessler (1.9K) `->
> 721 L 02/04 Edmund GRIMLEY (2.9K) `->
> 722 L 02/05 Alain Bench (1.8K) `->
> 723 N L 02/06 Edmund GRIMLEY (4.8K) `->
> 726 L 02/04 Yasuhiro Matsum (5.6K) 4> attachment file name is not
> 730 L 02/04 Dale Woolridge (3.2K) 2> [PATCH] incorporating inline
> into
>
> Notice how threads are indicated with 'n>', where n is the number of
> messages in the thread. The magic part of the index_format is
> '%?M?%M> ?', adjust to suit your own taste.
Okay, I've been using this index_format for a while now and its awesome.
Thankyou.
However, can you explain to me what the '?' do in the string %?M?%M> ?%s ?
And why do you need 2 %?M ? I understand the rest except for %?M?%M>. I know
what %M
does on its own but not with all the question marks etc.
Another question in respect to the afforementioned:
Is it possible to display the output of %?M?%M> in a different colour ?
I already have 'color index brightgreen default ~v', but it'd be cool to have
the number of msgs in the thread highlighted in a different colour. Is this
possible ?
- Alex