Re: Multiple Sorting Methods?
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 01:21:53PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * chris.corsair@xxxxxxxxx <chris.corsair@xxxxxxxxx> [06-16-07 12:26]:
> > Damn I thought sort_aux is only used when `sort' is threads. Thanks
> > Michael. And one more question: what if I still want threading when
> > `sort' and `sort_aux' is set as above?
>
> Its time for you to use the very fine documentation provided with the
> mutt distribution. ie:
Thanks for the advise. In fact I've read most part of the manual.
Just not sure if this is it. Thanks.
> 3.283. sort
>
> Type: sort order
> Default: date
>
> Specifies how to sort messages in the index menu. Valid values are:
>
> date or date-sent
> date-received
> from
> mailbox-order (unsorted)
> score
> size
> spam
> subject
> threads
> to
>
> You may optionally use the reverse- prefix to specify reverse
> sorting order (example: set sort=reverse-date-sent).
>
>
> 3.285. sort_aux
>
> Type: sort order
> Default: date
>
> When sorting by threads, this variable controls how threads are
> sorted in relation to other threads, and how the branches of the
> thread trees are sorted. This can be set to any value that `$sort''
> can, except threads (in that case, mutt will just use date-sent).
> You can also specify the last- prefix in addition to the reverse-
> prefix, but last- must come after reverse-. The last- prefix causes
> messages to be sorted against its siblings by which has the last
> descendant, using the rest of sort_aux as an ordering. For
> instance, set sort_aux=last- date-received would mean that if a new
> message is received in a thread, that thread becomes the last one
> displayed (or the first, if you have set sort=reverse-threads.)
> Note: For reversed `$sort'' order $sort_aux is reversed again
> (which is not the right thing to do, but kept to not break any
> existing configuration setting).
>
>
>
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