----- Marco <net...@lavabit.com> [2013-02-19 14:54:11 +0100] ----- : > On 2013–02–19 James Griffin wrote: > > > A reference and suggestion to the pattern was given twice in the thread. > > The documentation and man pages provide all the explanation that is > > needed. I am quite sure Marco is capable of typing man muttrc at his > > terminal to find out what it does. > > Indeed. And I am glad you took the time to help me achieving my > goal. > > > > I just tried it on my mutt-mailbox, with ":color index yellow default > > > ~(~P)" > > > and it colored all threads I participated in yellow as expected. This also > > > affected the collapsed view: http://imgur.com/d2BhIa4 > > > > My understanding is, that the pattern ~(~P) will only highlight the > > messages sent from Marco within the thread. It won't highlight all the > > messages in the thread, namely those not sent by Marco. > > From man muttrc: > > ~(PATTERN) messages in threads containing messages matching a certain > pattern, e.g. all threads containing messages from you: > ~(~P) > > > This is not what he wants. > > This is exactly what I wanted. > > Marco
Indeed. It seems I did not/do not fully understand how that pattern works. I've tried it in the past and the results were not as I expected, so my mistake there and on this occasion. The most important thing is that you have got your solution and you're now happy with the result. Best wishes. -- Primary Key: 4096R/1D31DC38 2011-12-03 Key Fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38
