sort threads question

[Jason Helfman <jhelfman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all.

I have very funky looking characters in my index when using sort=threads 
option. So much that I can't paste them, or my terminal quits on me.

This is an example.

~T~T\*>>

Thanks,
Jason
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