david wrote:
Paul wrote:
i know ('man nmh') about 'cur:-3' and 'prev:3', which will pick
the 3 previous messages (including cur, or not). is there a way to
refer to _just_ the Nth message before or after cur?
i often look at a scan listing and realize i want to see a message
that's very close to 'cur' or 'last'. with my numeric typing skills,
the fewer digits i need to type the better, so "show last--3" or "show
cur++2" would be easier than "show 321540". (a real example, from my
mairix "virtual" output folder).
is this possible? anyone else think it's desirable?
It's not possible now with nmh. A simple shell alias could do
it, but use would take a bit more typing than you asked for.
okay, that's what i thought.
I think "last-3" and "cur+2" would be sufficient.
i think not: "cur-9" is a valid selection today.
paul
I'd probably use it. Though I've been trying to rely more on pick
and less on message numbers.
David
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