On Tuesday, 16 November 2010 at 12:15, Yue Wu wrote: > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 07:06:54PM -0800, Brendan Cully wrote: > > On Tuesday, 16 November 2010 at 09:04, Yue Wu wrote: > > > Hi, list, > > > > > > mutt can sort index by rules like date, thread, etc., but the rule is > > > too simple, sometimes I want to sort the email by subject then by date > > > or reverse date, or by From then by reverse date, seems it's not > > > possible in mutt at present. > > > > > > Will the feature be added in future? Or no one has think of such a > > > feature? Or it's hard to implement? > > > > see $sort_aux (present in the first CVS revision in 1998). > > Hi Brendan, > > sort_aux is by thread then by other sort rule, right? > > Sorry maybe I didn't describe myself clearly, subject is for example, > if I want by sender then subject, how to do it?
sort_aux should work with whatever $sort you've set, not just threads. In your example, sort=from; sort_aux=subject
