Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@dmcom.net>]

	Subject: Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...
	Date: Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:22:44PM -0500

In reply to:will trillich

Quoting will trillich(will@serensoft.com):
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:01:39PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
> > Here's what I do (lots of
> > irrelevant options snipped):
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > # work-around broken mailing list software
> > set ignore_list_reply_to = yes
> > 
> > set forward_format = "FW: %s"
> > 
> > # default action (index_format is default, except it displays "From" instead)
> > folder-hook . set sort=date ; set index_format="%4C %Z%{%b%d} %-15.15F(%4l) %s"
> > 
> > # sorting for inbox
> > folder-hook "!" set sort=date-received
> > 
> > # display To, not From, in Sent folder
> > #folder-hook Sent set index_format="%4C %Z%{%b%d} %-15.15F(%4l) %s"
> > 
> > # sorting for lists 
> > # display the author's real name, not the list (or my name!) in index view
> > folder-hook lists.* set sort=threads ; set sort_aux=date ;  \
> > 	set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b%d} %-15.15n(%4l,%3M) %s%| "
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> when i try setting index_format in ~/.muttrc i get
> 	%Z: unknown variable
> so i tried %S instead of %Z:
> 	%S: unknown variable
> i ditched %Z and %S altogether, and got
> 	%{%b: unknown variable
> aaugh!
> 
> and mutt only shows message number in the index (%4C apparently
> parses correctly, but that's about all)...
> 
> who's got the pointer?

Quick source finder.  Add the next line to your muttrc
macro   index   <F1>    '!zless /usr/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz'

Now the answer is an 'F1' away, while in mutt, that is.
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