in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wrote Aaron Schrab thusly...
>
> At 23:47 +0100 05 Jan 2002, Gerhard Siegesmund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I don't know if it is at all possible, but I loved this feature with
> > crosspoint (in the old times of fido-net). Is it possible to color (in
> > the index) a mail which is a reply to a mail from me? So that I can see
> > very fast if someone answered me in a list? (Hope this is not a FAQ).
...
> - The third option that I can think of involves a patch that I wrote:
>
> http://schrab.com/aaron/mutt/patch-1.3.24.ats.parent_match.1
>
> This would allow you to do
>
> color index red default %~P
aaron, i have been using similar syntax for the same purpose since mutt
v1.2.something (less than 1.2.4 for sure) created from freebsd ports,
now on v1.3.25i, w/o any problems. syntax is...
color index red default ~P
^----- notice the missing '%'
...so how does the patch figure in?
> Although that would only work if your message was in the same
> mailbox.
i didn't understand the above statement. when you say "message(s)
in the same mailbox", what do you mean by it?
- parv
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