I can get you part of the way, but someone else will have to help with the last part (if it's possible at all).
I have mutt set up to use a different index_format on a per-message basis, so that I can see more detailed time information for messages that are newer, and courser and courser as the message gets older. For example, ' 4:41pm' for a message less than a day old, up to '01/20/22' for a message over 30 days old. I do this by adding this line to .muttrc: set index_format="/home/edgewood/.mutt/bin/format_date '%[%s]' '%1<%s>' |" That sets the index_format for each individual message by running the format_date command and passing information from the message, in this case the datetime of the message in epoch seconds, and the current datetime in epoch seconds. The command then prints a different index command depending on the difference between them. (Note, it looks like http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/#index-format-hook is the modern way to do this.) You could do this: set index_format="/path/to/format_subject '%s' |" That command would need to examine the passed subject, and print something different depending on what it was. But that's where I run out of ideas. I don't *think* you can embed ANSI color commands in the index format, and I don't know of a way to run shell commands in the pattern for color commands. Maybe this inspires someone else that can get you closer. Ed On Thu, Jul 07, 2022 at 04:40:26PM +0300, dm1...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I have some messages with a subject line containing the "due:[here > goes some date]" text. I want mutt to color these messages differently > and dynamically (at every opening or refreshing the mailbox) according > to whether the date in the subject is in the past or the future > compared with the current date. > Is it possible to accomplish? > > It would be nice to enchance the "todo.txt" approach with the "to-do > mailbox" advantages :-) > > Best, > > -- > Dmitry -- Ed Blackman
