Mikko --

...and then Mikko Hänninen said...
% David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Mon, 20 Mar 2000:
% > %   folder-hook . 'push "1<enter>"'
% > 
% > This is all I could come up with, too, but it's IMHO a kludge.
% 
% Why is it a kludge?  It works, it's quite simple, and it doesn't seem to
% add a significant overhead in the folder processing..  Maybe that you

Well, it's noticeable to me; mutt opens up the folder, paints the index,
and then has to re-paint it from message 1.  Even with "modern" fast
dialup lines, which don't always apply even for me here in the states,
it's quite noticeable.


% need to use "push" is a bit kludgey, since I couldn't figure out a way
% to invoke the jump function without it (I get "jump: unknown command"
% and "<jump>: unknown command").

It just seems to me that there should be a way to not point to the first
new message if you don't want to.


% 
% > Do I incorrectly remember a point_new variable that would cause mutt to
% > jump to the first new message, which is what most people want anyway but
% > some don't, which is now obviously not there?  Or did I make it up? :-)
% 
% Well, at least on my 1.1.9 I get "point_new: unknown variable" when I
% try to do ":set ?point_new"...  And a quick grep from all the manuals
% I had (going back to version 0.85) didn't turn up anything either.

Since I signed on at in the 0.88 days, I must have made it up entirely.
Bummer; I was sure it was there :-)


% 
% 
% Regards,
% Mikko


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