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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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