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Re: [Nmh-workers] exciting new stuff for 2.0

2005-12-22 10:35:19
In message <E1EpS5V-0000Nw-AW@chello080108070152.13.11.univie.teleweb.at>, 
Harald Geyer writes:

 + we should have a new format string escape sequence to add an ASCII
   representation of the thread tree, so you can make scan display
   something like this:
 441  12/18 Joel Uckelman o     [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid QUO
 442  12/18 Josh Bressers +o    Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid
 443  12/18 Paul Fox      +o    Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid
 444  12/18 Joel Uckelman |+o   Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid
 448  12/19 To:nmh-worker | +o  Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid
 447  12/19 To:nmh-worker +o    Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid

Would this really be useful? I think to pick one thread but sort it
by Date rather than as tree is much more natural for ML discussions.

I think that nmh developers spend too many time sending email to
mailing lists.  ;-)

How about:
  441  12/18 Joel Uckelman (0)   [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid QUO
  442  12/18 Josh Bressers (1)   Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid
  443  12/18 Paul Fox      (1)   Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid
  444  12/18 Joel Uckelman (2)   Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid
  448  12/19 To:nmh-worker (3)   Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid
  447  12/19 To:nmh-worker (1)   Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid

This would provide - depending on sorting - the same information as
above, could be calculated statically/on a per message basis, would be
easier to represent on a terminal and easier to parse for humans if the
thread is longer than the screen.

Sounds great, I like this one.  But I hope that the default format
will not change.

Cheers,
Igor.


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