On Sun Oct25'26 03:15:47PM, Mutt Users' Mailing List wrote: > From: Sirius via Mutt-users <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:15:47 +0100 > To: Ranjan Maitra <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Reply-To: Sirius <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: how to mark all unread messages read in mutt? > > On Sun, 2026/10/25 at 08:36:22 -0500, Mutt User List wrote: > > On Sun Oct25'26 07:33:56AM, Tim Chase wrote: > > > From: Tim Chase <[email protected]> > > > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:33:56 -0500 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: how to mark all unread messages read in mutt? > > > > > > On 2026-10-25 08:05, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > > > On 24 Oct 2026 20:46 -0500, from [email protected] (Tim Chase): > > > > Thank you to Michael and to Tim for both suggestions. > > > > > > > T~U;Wn > > > > So, not being very familiar with much of mutt, I had some trouble getting > > this to work, until I realized that there needs to a bit of a lag between > > typing the ; and the W. > > > > So, the sequence is: > > > > T~U -> return -> ; -> Wn > > > > and this works very well. > > > > I presume that I can replace the Wn with d in case I want to delete all the > > unread messages? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <tag-pattern>~U<tag-prefix><clear-flag>n > > > > > > > > Wouldn't you need a <enter> before the <tag-prefix> to terminate > > > > input? > > > > Thank you! The following now works: > > > > macro index <F3> "<tag-pattern>~U<enter><tag-prefix><clear-flag>n" > > > > However, F3 is a bit too risky in my view. I want to bind it to a Windows > > or an Alt key. How do I do that? > > The way I do it is this way: > > macro index <esc>z > '<tag-pattern>~N<return><tag-prefix><toggle-new><untag-pattern>.<return>' > "Mark all messages read" >
Thank you! And what would I do if I wanted Ctrl-Alt-z? So a three-key combination, with Ctrl-Alt-z all pressed together to activate the operation? Many thanks, Ranjan
