#3930: 979f1e669c16 wrecked the sort prompt
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Reporter: chdiza | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: display | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by vinc17):
Replying to [comment:3 chdiza]:
> (Mutt is mono unless one sets up colors,
The fact that Mutt is mono by default may be another issue. Most tools
that support colors use colors by default, don't they?
> so highlighted capitals aren't going to show up unless the user takes
explicit measures to make them show up. New users out of the box are
going still going to see unhighlighted capitals, and new users are mainly
the ones who need the prompt, before muscle-memory takes over.)
Even with mono, one can highlight characters with reverse video.
BTW, ideally parentheses and capitals could also both seen as configurable
highlighting styles, as is this were done by CSS, but this may be too
complex for Mutt.
> I wonder also whether it might be best to scrap color and instead let
"?" display the full-screen list of choices, like how it shows all your
keybindings in the index. Then the prompt could just list the single
characters one has to choose from. E.g.,
> {{{
> Sort by d/f/r/s/p/o/t/u/z/c/p/l (hit '?' for a description of the
choices):
> }}}
Without the descriptions, this is even less clear. Just like the Help line
{{{q:Quit d:Del u:Undel s:Save m:Mail r:Reply g:Group ?:Help}}}
one could write the key before the description (and here, use several
lines). So, highlighting wouldn't be necessary (but in addition to that,
it could also be made optional).
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