#3887: Spool file name beginning with $folder is truncated in sidebar
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Reporter: mjbrown | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: trivial | Milestone:
Component: display | Version: 1.7.0
Keywords: |
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If the $spoolfile is ~/Mailbox (which is the qmail default spool), and
$folder is the default ~/Mail, then the spool file shows up in the sidebar
as just "ox". I would expect to instead see "Mailbox" or the whole $MAIL
string "/home/username/Mailbox".
I can work around it by making a symlink to ~/Mail and then setting
$folder to that symlink in my .muttrc. This results in the spool file
showing up in the sidebar as whatever the full $MAIL string is, in my case
"/home/mike/Mailbox". I would prefer "Mailbox" or the ability to give it a
label like "INBOX", but the full path is short enough for me for now.
This issue does not affect files in the $folder directory, e.g.
~/Mail/Mailtest will show in the sidebar as "Mailtest". Only the display
of the spool file is affected.
I am using Mutt 1.7.0 (2016-08-17) on FreeBSD, from the ports collection.
Let me know if more info is needed.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3887>
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