Re: Getting more useful information in file browser - possible with maildir?

2020-09-26 Thread Ben Boeckel
On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 21:59:43 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > Er, um, that is what I'm using - and have been using for more years > than I like to remember! Hmm. The dates I have in my folder listing seem to be "last modified" including messages being added or removed: 0.1K Sep 26 11:55

Re: Getting more useful information in file browser - possible with maildir?

2020-09-26 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 04:54:56PM -0400, Ben Boeckel wrote: > On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 20:29:22 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > They're on a fast SSD on the same system as mutt is running on so > > 'very expensive' is probably not an issue. > > Typical tools like `ls` don't know that. GUI browsers

Re: Getting more useful information in file browser - possible with maildir?

2020-09-26 Thread Ben Boeckel
On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 20:29:22 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > They're on a fast SSD on the same system as mutt is running on so > 'very expensive' is probably not an issue. Typical tools like `ls` don't know that. GUI browsers might be smarter, but that hasn't been consistent IME. Not sure about

Re: Getting more useful information in file browser - possible with maildir?

2020-09-26 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 01:13:11PM -0400, Ben Boeckel wrote: > On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 17:02:08 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > However there is a minor downside in the file browser (well directory > > browser really isn't it), the information shown against the > > directories (at the bottom level

Re: Getting more useful information in file browser - possible with maildir?

2020-09-26 Thread Ben Boeckel
On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 17:02:08 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > However there is a minor downside in the file browser (well directory > browser really isn't it), the information shown against the > directories (at the bottom level these are maildir mailboxes) is > pretty useless, what I am seeing now

Getting more useful information in file browser - possible with maildir?

2020-09-26 Thread Chris Green
As per my recent questions and (successful) report I have just moved from using mbox to maildir. I'm generally happy with the result, apart from anything else it simplifies my custom MDA script and also some other utilities. However there is a minor downside in the file browser (well directory