On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 03:56:17PM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote: | On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:22:44PM -0500, will trillich wrote: | > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:01:39PM -0400, D-Man wrote: | ... | > > folder-hook . set sort=date ; set index_format="%4C %Z%{%b%d} %-15.15F(%4l) %s" | | I think this should read: | | folder-hook . 'set sort=date ; set index_format="%4C %Z%{%b%d} %-15.15F(%4l) \%s"' | | folder hook expects one command, you need a compound command, so group | them with single quotes.
I should try that. Maybe that line isn't really setting index_format at all so I don't see the errors Will is seeing. It could be that my later folder-hooks are masking that. | > when i try setting index_format in ~/.muttrc i get | > %Z: unknown variable | > so i tried %S instead of %Z: | > %S: unknown variable | > i ditched %Z and %S altogether, and got | > %{%b: unknown variable | > aaugh! | | And what is it that you are trying? Will, you should know to get good | response here, you need to include as much info as you can, the error | codes, but also exactly what you are doing:] Yeah, I found that some parts of the string were a bit picky wrt spelling (like, extra spaces and stuff). Maybe your line is just slightly different than mine. I think we are using the same version. Anyways, the manual is available online at www.mutt.org, and can be downloaded (IIRC) for off-line use too. -D