Hello, Michael.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:41:22PM +0200, Michael Tatge wrote:
> Hi Allen,
> * On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 10:23AM +0000 Alan Mackenzie (a...@muc.de) muttered:
> > The default value of the configuration variable index_format is
> > "%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%?l?%4l&%4c?) %s".
> > The construct "(%?l?%4l&%4c?)" puzzles me. The parentheses are
> > literal characters, but what do all the ?s mean?
> That's a conditional.
> %?l?%4l&%4c?
> %?<sequence_char>?<if_string>&<else_string>?
> "If %l (is nonzero) then print %4l otherwise %4c"
> http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/manual.html#formatstrings-conditionals
OK, I've got that now.
> So:
> %l number of lines in the message (does not work with maildir, mh,
> %and possibly IMAP folders)
> and because of that %c is printed when the line count is not available.
> %c number of characters (bytes) in the message (vulgo message size)
> For instance, I'm using "%?M?#%3M&%4c?" in my $index_format. What it
> does is left as an exercise for the reader. :)
It tells you how many messages there are in a thread, should that thread
be collapsed. Otherwise it's how big the message is.
So, I got three straight answers to a straight question, within a few
minutes. This is a great group! Thanks.
> HTH,
> Michael
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