On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:26:46PM -0500, David J. Weller-Fahy wrote: > * David J. Weller-Fahy <dave-lists-mutt-us...@weller-fahy.com> [2013-01-11 > 12:44 -0500]: > > * Will Fiveash <will.five...@oracle.com> [2013-01-11 12:35 -0500]: > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 12:12:01PM -0500, David J. Weller-Fahy wrote: > > > > > > > > Hrm... have you tried a combination of '<tag-subthread>' and > > > > '<limit>'? > > > > > > > That is close but not exactly what I'm looking for. The indentation > > > level of the subtree parent is such with the thread I'm looking at > > > that the thread display is still beyond the terminal window. It would > > > be perfect if mutt could also reset the indent level of the subtree > > > parent to 0. > > > > Yep, sorry about the red herring: I just checked on a huge thread in > > another list and it is as you say. It would be useful to have an option > > to reset the indent level. > > Ah-hah! The herring was green! > > Try setting "hide_top_limited" when limiting to a tagged subthread. I > think that does what you want, and with a little scripting you could > wrap everything into a macro. Thanks to Marco for inspiring me to > search through the manual for "thread". ;)
Indeed, with hide_top_limited=yes I can limit the display of a subthread in the desired way. I'm now using this index macro: macro index "_S" "<tag-subthread><limit>~T\n<tag-subthread>" "Display only subthread" with hide_top_limited=yes in my .muttrc. Thanks for posting that tip. -- Will Fiveash
