Daniel -- ...and then Daniel Eisenbud said... % % On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:50:44PM -0500, David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: % > % subject. The question mark denotes a missing reference. So if a % > % > This I also understand -- but it seems to be too over-the-top. I've been ... % % This is what $hide_missing is for. Set it. But for getting rid of long
But it was -- in all of the displays I pasted in! For some threads in a large mailbox I could see a difference with $hide_missing (oh how I am starting to wish for vi-like shortcut settings :-) but for many I couldn't and only for Nicolas' message (msg 10) in this test case. % rows of question marks within a thread, I'm working on code that will % make hide_missing do that too. Oh, goodie :-) % % > I created a little test mailbox which can be found at % > % > http://mutt.justpickone.org/mutt-build-cocktail/box-threads This is still there, in case anyone else wants to poke. ... % > and wonder why the second thread isn't collapsed and if it has something % > to do with the missing reference at the top of the thread. If I open % > that thread in 1.3.23 I see % % I'll look into the thread-collapsing thing. Thanks. BTW, I can't even collapse it manually, and if I'm not on the first message (number 3) then my cursor jumps there when I try. ... % > subject (though Prahlad's message, interestingly enough, did not appear % > to have any missing refs according to 1.3.24 above), the threading looks % > manageable and appears in the same order. % % Prahlad's message does have a missing parent in the new display: it's % the missing parent that's at the top of the thread. Ahhh... So it was attached by subject because its parent is so early that it's not anywhere else. No, wait a minute... It should have the same parent reference as the first message, right? In the 1.3.24 picture there's no question mark -- even when I turn off $hide_missing. % % [...] % > I'd prefer to have $hide_missing hide *all* of the missing reference % > indicators and give me a display like in 1.3.23 -- all of the clips above % > are with $hide_missing set! % % Hiding all the missing messages will make the thread display less % comprehensible, since things that aren't siblings will be grouped % together in a way that looks like they're siblings, but they won't be Hmmm... I suppose I can get the idea of how this would cause problems, but I can't yet see an example. But, as I see below, perhaps I won't have to worry about that... % sorted in the right order, the next-subthread command et al. will work % in a strange way, etc. I think I know how to achieve a happy middle Excellent :-) % ground. Patch coming, hopefully later today. Thanks a bunch! % % -Daniel % % -- % Daniel E. Eisenbud % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % % "We should go forth on the shortest walk perchance, in the spirit of % undying adventure, never to return,--prepared to send back our embalmed % hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms." % --Henry David Thoreau, "Walking" :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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