Newbie question about thread display (+ \ | = characters) in Header view

[Jerome Gay]

Hi there,

I aologise in advance if this question looks really dumb, but I've looked in the manual and also on the threading algorithm page (https://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html) to no avail.

I cannot clearly figure out what the different characters mean at the beginning of the subject in the header view.

I can see a + (plus), \ (backslash), | (pipe) or = (equal) sign and sometimes, the same message can have a different character at the beginning when shown in the folder view or a bookmark result view.

Where can I find an explanation of the meaning of these characters? Why is a different character used (for the same message) when I'm in the folder view (e.g. Inbox) or in the bookmark view (e.g. today's messages).

Many thanks in advance, I'm really starting to love mu4e.

Cheers,

Jerome

[Florian Lindner]

Ok, I replied already yesterday, but I still can't communicate using mail with this group :-( Another reply from the web interface.

Hey,
Am 13.02.2017 um 18:35 schrieb Jerome Gay:

Hi there,

I aologise in advance if this question looks really dumb, but I've looked in the manual and also on the threading
algorithm page (https://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html) to no avail.

I cannot clearly figure out what the different characters mean at the beginning of the subject in the header view.

I can see a + (plus), \ (backslash), | (pipe) or = (equal) sign and sometimes, the same message can have a different
character at the beginning when shown in the folder view or a bookmark result view.

In https://github.com/djcb/mu/blob/master/mu4e/mu4e-headers.el I have found this chars:

(defvar mu4e-headers-draft-mark     '("D" . "⚒") "Draft.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-flagged-mark   '("F" . "✚") "Flagged.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-new-mark       '("N" . "✱") "New.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-passed-mark    '("P" . "❯") "Passed (fwd).")
(defvar mu4e-headers-replied-mark   '("R" . "❮") "Replied.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-seen-mark      '("S" . "✔") "Seen.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-trashed-mark   '("T" . "⏚") "Trashed.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-attach-mark    '("a" . "⚓") "W/ attachments.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-encrypted-mark '("x" . "⚴") "Encrypted.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-signed-mark    '("s" . "☡") "Signed.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-unread-mark    '("u" . "⎕") "Unread.")

;; thread prefix marks
(defvar mu4e-headers-has-child-prefix    '("+"  . "◼ ") "Parent.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-empty-parent-prefix '("-"  . "◽ ") "Orphan.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-first-child-prefix  '("\\" . "┗▶") "First child.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-duplicate-prefix    '("="  . "≡ ") "Duplicate.")
(defvar mu4e-headers-default-prefix      '("|"  . "│ ") "Default.")

Where can I find an explanation of the meaning of these characters? Why is a different character used (for the same
message) when I'm in the folder view (e.g. Inbox) or in the bookmark view (e.g. today's messages).

I think per default the bookmark view does not show threads. Try to press W to display the related threads.

Best,
Florian

Many thanks in advance, I'm really starting to love mu4e.

Cheers,

Jerome

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[Jerome Gay]

Thanks a lot Florian, I guess that answers my question.

Cheers /jerome

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