I'd be interested to hear if the attached patch would be suitable for
inclusion. It adds a new option 'mark_read' that marks all messages as
read when exiting a mailbox. If 'move' is enabled, they will then be
moved out of the mailbox as well.
I used to do this via a combination of macros but that gets cumbersome
when enabling it selectively only for a subset of folders, so I
finally turned it into an option.
Robin
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Robin Sommer * ICSI/LBNL * ro...@icir.org * www.icir.org/robin
diff -ur mutt-1.7.0/PATCHES mutt-1.7.0-patched/PATCHES
--- mutt-1.7.0/PATCHES 2016-08-10 18:47:00.000000000 -0700
+++ mutt-1.7.0-patched/PATCHES 2016-09-10 14:52:24.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patch-1.7.0.rs.mark_read.1
diff -ur mutt-1.7.0/init.h mutt-1.7.0-patched/init.h
--- mutt-1.7.0/init.h 2016-08-10 18:47:00.000000000 -0700
+++ mutt-1.7.0-patched/init.h 2016-09-10 13:49:25.000000000 -0700
@@ -1487,6 +1487,14 @@
** will show up with an ``O'' next to them in the index menu,
** indicating that they are old.
*/
+ { "mark_read", DT_BOOL, R_BOTH, OPTMARKREAD, 0 },
+ /*
+ ** .pp
+ ** Controls whether or not mutt marks \fIunread\fP
+ ** messages as \fIread\fP if you exit a mailbox without reading them.
+ ** With this option \fIset\fP, the affected mails will then
+ ** be moved out of your spool mailbox if $$move is enabled.
+ */
{ "markers", DT_BOOL, R_PAGER, OPTMARKERS, 1 },
/*
** .pp
diff -ur mutt-1.7.0/mutt.h mutt-1.7.0-patched/mutt.h
--- mutt-1.7.0/mutt.h 2016-08-10 18:47:00.000000000 -0700
+++ mutt-1.7.0-patched/mutt.h 2016-09-10 13:45:55.000000000 -0700
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@
OPTMAILDIRCHECKCUR,
OPTMARKERS,
OPTMARKOLD,
+ OPTMARKREAD,
OPTMENUSCROLL, /* scroll menu instead of implicit next-page */
OPTMENUMOVEOFF, /* allow menu to scroll past last entry */
#if defined(USE_IMAP) || defined(USE_POP)
diff -ur mutt-1.7.0/mx.c mutt-1.7.0-patched/mx.c
--- mutt-1.7.0/mx.c 2016-08-10 18:47:00.000000000 -0700
+++ mutt-1.7.0-patched/mx.c 2016-09-10 15:15:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -810,6 +810,15 @@
return 0;
}
+ if (option (OPTMARKREAD))
+ {
+ for (i = 0; i < ctx->msgcount; i++)
+ {
+ if (!ctx->hdrs[i]->read)
+ mutt_set_flag (ctx, ctx->hdrs[i], MUTT_READ, 1);
+ }
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < ctx->msgcount; i++)
{
if (!ctx->hdrs[i]->deleted && ctx->hdrs[i]->read
