Hi, folks --
As a user, I know what I'd like to see: some listing of folders and
subfolders a la eudora, without mentioning any mailboxes thereunder
(that's for the other display).
I like the idea of having two different actions (view-directory and
open-item) for the same "object" (a folder). Since there's no context
(so far) for selecting a special character before a folder (like the
'+' in an Explorer or Eudora tree listing), what about something like
the new screen idea ("#3") that presents a screen something like
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 Folder-0 |
| 2 -> `-> SubFolder-1 |
| 3 `-> VerySubFolder-3 |
| 4 `-> SubFolder-2 |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 File-1 |
| 2 File-2 |
| 3 File-3 |
| 4 File-4 |
| 5 File-5 |
| 6 File-6 |
| |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
You could control the size with a veriable like browser_index_lines or
such, and either use something like <tab> to switch between windows or
have one select with letters and the other with numbers; in the example
above, I've selected SubFolder-1, and it's showing the files therein,
and I'm ready to switch and find a file to open.
How much overhead would it be over dialup? I dunno, but would test it
out. How much would it take to write it? I also dunno, but probably
not much for the great Mutt Programming Group :-)
:-D
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