* C. Laurence Gonsalves <clgon...@alumni.uwaterloo.ca> [2004-08-20]:
> Is there any way to disable the sorting of the list of > mailboxes? In other words, when I run "mutt -y" I'd like the > listing of mailboxes to be in exactly the order I specified, > rather than in alphabetical order. .. I'd like to order my > mailboxes roughly by the "urgency" of the messages they contain.
not possible - unless the alphabetical list of your mailboxes happens to match its priority list.. hint hint
C. Laurence Gonsalves <clgon...@alumni.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Is there any way to disable the sorting of the list of mailboxes? In > other words, when I run: > mutt -y > I'd like the listing of mailboxes to be in exactly the order I > specified, rather than in alphabetical order.
,---- | sort_browser | | Type: sort order | Default: subject | | Specifies how to sort entries in the file browser. By default, the | entries are sorted alphabetically. Valid values: | | alpha (alphabetically) | date | size | unsorted | | You may optionally use the reverse- prefix to specify reverse sorting | order (example: set sort_browser=reverse-date). `----
> The reason I want this, BTW, is that I'd like to order my mailboxes > roughly by the "urgency" of the messages they contain.
HTH Thorsten -- There's a door Where does it go? It stays where it is, I think. (Terry Pratchett, Eric)
Sven Guckes <use...@guckes.net> wrote: > * C. Laurence Gonsalves <clgon...@alumni.uwaterloo.ca> [2004-08-20]: > > Is there any way to disable the sorting of the list of > > mailboxes? In other words, when I run "mutt -y" I'd like the > > listing of mailboxes to be in exactly the order I specified, ... > not possible - unless the alphabetical list of your > mailboxes happens to match its priority list.. hint hint
Yeah, that's what I'm doing now. It's very annoying to maintain though, because whenever I decide to change the priority of a folder I have to rename the file, and edit both my .muttrc and my .procmailrc.
> * C. Laurence Gonsalves <clgon...@alumni.uwaterloo.ca> [2004-08-20]:
> > Is there any way to disable the sorting of the list of mailboxes? In > > other words, when I run "mutt -y" I'd like the listing of mailboxes to > > be in exactly the order I specified, rather than in alphabetical order. > > .. I'd like to order my mailboxes roughly by the "urgency" of the > > messages they contain.
> not possible - unless the alphabetical list of your mailboxes happens to > match its priority list.. hint hint
<URL:http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-6.html#sort_browser> and a quick test here seems to suggest otherwise. With $sort_browser set to unsorted the initial order of a "mutt -y" seems to be exactly that specified by my `mailboxes' setting. Are you suggesting that this is a fluke?
* C. Laurence Gonsalves <clgon...@alumni.uwaterloo.ca>:
> Yeah, that's what I'm doing now. It's very annoying to maintain though, > because whenever I decide to change the priority of a folder I have to > rename the file, and edit both my .muttrc and my .procmailrc.
If you wanted to do things this way how about having procmail deliver to a consistent set of folder names but have mutt look at and work with a set of links to them? Is there a reason why that wouldn't work?
Thorsten Gunkel <tgun...@gmx.de> wrote: > C. Laurence Gonsalves <clgon...@alumni.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > > I'd like the listing of mailboxes to be in exactly the order I > > specified, rather than in alphabetical order. ... > | sort_browser ... > | unsorted > | > | You may optionally use the reverse- prefix to specify reverse sorting > | order (example: set sort_browser=reverse-date).
Thanks! That appears to work.
The only drawback is that if I ask mutt to show me files instead of mailboxes (eg: with change-dir or toggle-mailboxes) they aren't sorted either. That's a reasonable trade-off for me though, because I rarely look at files in the browser, and when I do I can always use 'o' to sort them.
Dave Pearson <davep.n...@davep.org> wrote: > * C. Laurence Gonsalves <clgon...@alumni.uwaterloo.ca>:
> > Yeah, that's what I'm doing now. It's very annoying to maintain > > though, because whenever I decide to change the priority of a folder > > I have to rename the file, and edit both my .muttrc and my > > .procmailrc.
> If you wanted to do things this way how about having procmail deliver > to a consistent set of folder names but have mutt look at and work > with a set of links to them? Is there a reason why that wouldn't > work?
I'd actually thought about this a bit, but there were two things that prevented me from trying it.
First, it's only slightly less of a maintenance headache: I'd have to both move a link and edit my .muttrc to change the ordering, and it actually raises the cost of subscribing to a new list because I'll have to create the link.
The second issue is that I was concerned about file locking issues. Maybe I'm too paranoid, but I was worried that if mutt and procmail know my folders by different names they may both end up trying to modify the same folder simultaneously, leading to mailbox corruption.
