Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-27 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 06:49:30PM +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 26.03.16 10:02, Christian Ebert wrote: > > * Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 19:54:16 +1100 > > > To return to a mailbox which was read earlier in the mutt session, > > > in the index, press 'c' to initiate a

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-27 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 09:05:17PM +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 26.03.16 15:10, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > I can see what you both are referring to. There are big differences > > between 'c' and 'y' for my work style. First, 'y' shows the files > > defined by the "mailboxes" parameter, the

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-27 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 27.03.16 21:05, Erik Christiansen wrote: > That's not what happens here, I hit 'c' and mutt immediately offers the > mailbox with new mail which appears highest in the (one or more) > "mailboxes" lines in my .muttrc. Jon, if mutt isn't detecting new mail in the delivery mailboxes, then it may

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-27 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 26.03.16 15:10, Jon LaBadie wrote: > I can see what you both are referring to. There are big differences > between 'c' and 'y' for my work style. First, 'y' shows the files > defined by the "mailboxes" parameter, the ones I'm looking for. In > contrast, 'c' shows the files defined by the

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-27 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 26.03.16 10:02, Christian Ebert wrote: > * Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 19:54:16 +1100 > > To return to a mailbox which was read earlier in the mutt session, > > in the index, press 'c' to initiate a mailbox change, then either: > > > > a) type in the full name of the

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-26 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:11:55PM +, Christian Ebert wrote: > * Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 21:52:40 +1100 > > On 26.03.16 10:02, Christian Ebert wrote: > >> * Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 19:54:16 +1100 > >>> To return to a mailbox which was read

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-26 Thread Christian Ebert
* Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 23:56:51 +1100 > On 26.03.16 12:11, Christian Ebert wrote: >> * Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 21:52:40 +1100 >>> OK, but that is d) mapped to a different key. >> >> No it isn't, the binding is 'c' as you wrote above for >>

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-26 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 26.03.16 12:11, Christian Ebert wrote: > * Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 21:52:40 +1100 > > OK, but that is d) mapped to a different key. > > No it isn't, the binding is 'c' as you wrote above for > which presents the 'Open mailbox' prompt. When I > enter - at the prompt it

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-26 Thread Christian Ebert
* Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 21:52:40 +1100 > On 26.03.16 10:02, Christian Ebert wrote: >> * Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 19:54:16 +1100 >>> To return to a mailbox which was read earlier in the mutt session, >>> in the index, press 'c' to initiate a

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-26 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 26.03.16 10:02, Christian Ebert wrote: > * Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 19:54:16 +1100 > > To return to a mailbox which was read earlier in the mutt session, > > in the index, press 'c' to initiate a mailbox change, then either: > > > > a) type in the full name of the

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-26 Thread Christian Ebert
* Erik Christiansen on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 19:54:16 +1100 > To return to a mailbox which was read earlier in the mutt session, > in the index, press 'c' to initiate a mailbox change, then either: > > a) type in the full name of the desired mailbox, > b) type a few characters, then hit

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-26 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 25.03.16 22:26, Jon LaBadie wrote: > It isn't quite what I was looking for. Sometimes I leave read > mail in the mailbox and want to go back to it. If I understand > this function, the box I want may be skipped over. To return to a mailbox which was read earlier in the mutt session, in the

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-25 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 04:16:27PM -0700, Will Yardley wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 11:12:34PM +, Christian Ebert wrote: > > > > May not be exactly what you want, but are you aware of the > > next-unread-mailbox command? > > Hah, does the same thing as the macro I posted that I have been

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-25 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 11:12:34PM +, Christian Ebert wrote: > * Jon LaBadie on Friday, March 25, 2016 at 14:36:17 -0400 ... > > > > Recently I've been trying to adapt to using the "y" > > mutt command to list my mailboxes and select the one > > I want to read next. Unfortunately the mailbox

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-25 Thread Will Yardley
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 11:12:34PM +, Christian Ebert wrote: > > May not be exactly what you want, but are you aware of the > next-unread-mailbox command? Hah, does the same thing as the macro I posted that I have been using forever always something new to learn. w

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-25 Thread Christian Ebert
* Jon LaBadie on Friday, March 25, 2016 at 14:36:17 -0400 > Like many others, procmail splits my incoming mail > into many mailboxes. My way of reading them is a > set of shell aliases doing "mutt -f ..." All begin > with "m" (e.g. mm for this list) and "m" by itself > lists the non-empty

Re: omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-25 Thread Will Yardley
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 02:36:17PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > So my mail reading consists of starting and quitting mutt many times > as I switch among the mailboxes. > > Recently I've been trying to adapt to using the "y" mutt command to > list my mailboxes and select the one I want to read

omit empty mailboxes from list

2016-03-25 Thread Jon LaBadie
Like many others, procmail splits my incoming mail into many mailboxes. My way of reading them is a set of shell aliases doing "mutt -f ..." All begin with "m" (e.g. mm for this list) and "m" by itself lists the non-empty mailboxes. So my mail reading consists of starting and quitting mutt many