Please forget my first reply which was incomplete.
> I simply want to make my Mhonarc indexes (I use the defaults, order and
> thread) display the date of the message.
I quite agree that displaying the dates on the indexes is useful.
> I just want the indexes (at least the order one anyway) to look like:
>
> - <SUBJECT>
> - <FROM>
> - <DATE>
>
> instead of the
>
> - <SUBJECT>
> - <FROM>
>
> that is the default.
>
As far as the *MAIN* index is concerned the default is indeed what
you say, namely:
<LiTemplate>
<LI><STRONG>$SUBJECT$</STRONG>
<UL><LI><EM>From</EM>: $FROM$</LI></UL>
</LI>
</LiTemplate>
For the *THREAD* index you have to consider at least three different
resources: TSINGLETXT, TTOPBEGIN and TLITXT. Also the defaults have a
different design:
<TSingleTxt>
<LI><STRONG>$SUBJECT$</STRONG>, <EM>$FROMNAME$</EM>
</TSingleTxt>
<TTopBegin>
<LI><STRONG>$SUBJECT$</STRONG>, <EM>$FROMNAME$</EM>
</TTopBegin>
<TLiTxt>
<LI><STRONG>$SUBJECT$</STRONG>, <EM>$FROMNAME$</EM>
</TLiTxt>
Why is it that $FROMNAME$ is appended to the SUBJECT line in the
thread index, while it is absent in the main index and replaced by
$FROM$ on a separate line? There may be a subtle reason for that,
which I don't know.
My personal taste is to have on both indexes:
- $FROMNAME$ appended to the SUBJECT line,
- a DATE line,
- no FROM line.
To achieve that I picked up the defaults from the documentation,
modified them as follows and inserted them in my RCFILE.
<LiTemplate>
<LI><STRONG>$SUBJECT$</STRONG>, <EM>$FROMNAME$</EM>
<UL><LI><EM>Date</EM>: $DATE$</LI></UL>
</LI>
</LiTemplate>
<TSingleTxt>
<LI><STRONG>$SUBJECT$</STRONG>, <EM>$FROMNAME$</EM>
<UL><LI><EM>Date</EM>: $DATE$</LI></UL>
</TSingleTxt>
<TTopBegin>
<LI><STRONG>$SUBJECT$</STRONG>, <EM>$FROMNAME$</EM>
<UL><LI><EM>Date</EM>: $DATE$</LI></UL>
</TTopBegin>
<TLiTxt>
<STRONG>$SUBJECT:40$</STRONG>, <EM>$FROMNAME$</EM>
<UL><LI><EM>Date</EM>: $DATE$</LI></UL>
</TLiTxt>
