on Mon, 16 Dec 2002 06:02:57PM -0800, Vineet Kumar insinuated: > * Nori Heikkinen (nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu) [021216 16:59]: > > on Sat, 14 Dec 2002 04:13:00PM -0500, Stephen Gran insinuated: > > > It _should_, but it didn't. To fix the crazy pager settings, > > > use this > > > > > > folder-hook . 'set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b%d} %-15.15n(%4c) > > > %s"' > > > > > > It makes the From: appear normally for mailing lists in the > > > pager. > > > > okay, only one catch: that's perfect for every box except for > > sent. how do i (or where should i read to find out how) tell > > mutt's pager to display whom it's to, but only in the sent box? > > Well, you can do one better. Change the 'n' to an 'F' above. Then > mutt will show the author's name, unless the author is you, in which > case it shows "To recipient". To determine if it's from you, mutt > looks at $alternates, which is is a regex signifying the addresses > which are yours. So set alternates = your@address and use F in your > index_format, and it will work for all your folders, and give you > useful information about each message. > > Some people might like %n instead of %F, especially in the case of > list addresses, but like you see, it's dumb for a folder containing > sent messages. You could make use of both (choosing a different one > per-folder) by using folder-hooks. For my purposes, I just use > > set index_format="%4C %Z %[!%b%d] %-17.17F(%?M?#%3M&%4c?) %s" > > and don't use a folder-hook for it. cool, thanks! </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^
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