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Re: alpine: date format

From	D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups	comp.mail.pine
Subject	Re: alpine: date format
Date	2024-09-14 21:57 +0200
Organization	i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
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On Sat, 14 Sep 2024, Helmut Richter wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024, D wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Sep 2024, Helmut Richter wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 13 Sep 2024, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2024-09-13 10:25, D wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-09-11 21:48, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
>>>>>>> Mikey dixit:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> I use
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 24-09-12
>>>>>>
>>>>>> YY-MM-DD
>>>>>>
>>>>>> index-format=STATUS MSGNO SHORTDATEISO TIME24 FROM(20%) ADDRESSTO(10%)
>>>>>> SIZE SUBJECT(75%)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    722 24-08-26 23:36 Mail System Internal              (460) DON'T
>>>>>> DELETE
>>>>>> THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much Carlos, that really scratched a small itch I've had
>>>>> for
>>>>> a long time! =)
>>>>>
>>>>> I found "ATT" which enables me to see in the index, which messages have
>>>>> attachments and which messages don't. Up until now, I've always relied
>>>>> on
>>>>> the size of the message to see if there are attachments, but now I get a
>>>>> nice nr in the message index, indicating the nr of attachments. Thank
>>>>> you
>>>>> very much! =)
>>>>
>>>> That's an interesting idea, adding 'ATT'. Like you, I used the size.
>>>>
>>>> Trying
>>>>
>>>> Index Format                      = STATUS MSGNO SHORTDATEISO TIME24
>>>> FROM(20%)
>>>> ADDRESSTO(10%) SIZE ATT SUBJECT(75%)
>>>>
>>>> + N 688 22-11-30 20:31 Carlos E.R.          dest@opensu  (4490) 1 Re:
>>>> Could
>>>> you check...
>>>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^
>>>
>>> I am using pine/alpine at least since 2006, that is for 18 years now, and
>>> have never come across these options. Meanwhile, I have found
>>>
>>>  https://alpineapp.email/alpine/alpine-info/misc/index-format.html
>>>
>>> which explains how to configure an index line if you are already well
>>> acquainted with the "tokens" you can use. Unfortunately, this web site
>>> takes that for granted (perhaps they find something like SMARTDATE
>>> self-describing enough that you can easily guess what it means and what
>>> the alternatives would have been).
>>>
>>> Does anyone know where to find a complete list of tokens that can be used,
>>> preferably with a description what they mean?
>>>
>>
>> It is very simple. You go to the index line option, then press ? for help, in
>> that article, a link to all tokens is highlighted. Follow that link and you
>> have descriptions of all tokens.
>
> Yes, of course. I tried that yesterday but pressed help too late, that is,
> after pressing CR for starting the change. At this point, "Help" is on ^G
> and shows nothing about what to enter. My fault, and an idiotic one.
>
> The existence of the cited web page made me think that the remaining
> information is on a web page as well. And once starting the search means
> there are easily hours spent without finding anything. And the obvious is
> no longer on the screen.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>

You're welcome! =)

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  Re: alpine: date format Mikey <Mikey.Smith@aol.com> - 2024-09-10 19:30 +0000
  Re: alpine: date format Helmut Richter <hr.usenet@email.de> - 2024-09-11 10:48 +0200
    Re: alpine: date format D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-11 18:11 +0200
      Re: alpine: date format Helmut Richter <hr.usenet@email.de> - 2024-09-11 21:39 +0200
    Re: alpine: date format Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2024-09-11 19:48 +0000
      Re: alpine: date format "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-09-12 15:54 +0200
        Re: alpine: date format Holger Schieferdecker <spamless@gmx.de> - 2024-09-13 09:11 +0200
        Re: alpine: date format D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-13 10:25 +0200
          Re: alpine: date format "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-09-13 14:28 +0200
            Re: alpine: date format Helmut Richter <hr.usenet@email.de> - 2024-09-13 23:04 +0200
              Re: alpine: date format D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-14 11:26 +0200
                Re: alpine: date format Helmut Richter <hr.usenet@email.de> - 2024-09-14 12:44 +0200
                Re: alpine: date format D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-14 21:57 +0200
                Re: alpine: date format "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-09-14 15:01 +0200
                Re: alpine: date format "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2024-09-14 13:20 +0000
                Re: alpine: date format D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-14 22:00 +0200
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