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2 small annoyances, maybe possible future features?

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Dear piners,

I have experienced two small annoyances. They are very small, and almost 
too small to care about, but in case anyone has any ideas of how to solve 
them, it would remove a bit of friction when using alpine.


1. When I search for something in well filled mailbox, and don't get a 
hit, I get a message along the lines of... "search failed". The problem is 
that this "locks" or freezes the keyboard for 1 second or so, so I cannot 
immediately type ";" to start a new search. I must wait about 1 second for 
the message to disapper, and then I can search again.

Does anyone know if there's a time out in the code, or some setting I can 
change to allow me to search again instantly in case a search turns up 
empty?

2. Some times when I write emails I have to attach files that are in a 
directory with hundreds if not thousands of files.

2.1. Does anyone know how I can get to the end of the directory list 
quickly? Today I have to scroll. It would be great if I could press G like 
in vim to go to the end instantly. Also, when navigating directories, I 
use the arrows, but is there some way that I can navigate by typing 
letters?

If I type "A" I would go straight to the first directory or file that 
starts with the letter "A".

Besides the above, nothing major to talk of. Thank you Eduardo for all 
your time and energy spent on my favourite email and news client! =)

Best regards,
Daniel

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2 small annoyances, maybe possible future features? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-13 16:34 +0100
  Re: 2 small annoyances, maybe possible future features? Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> - 2025-01-13 21:57 -0700
    Re: 2 small annoyances, maybe possible future features? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-14 19:20 +0100
    Re: 2 small annoyances, maybe possible future features? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-14 22:57 +0100
      Re: 2 small annoyances, maybe possible future features? Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> - 2025-01-14 20:15 -0700
        Re: 2 small annoyances, maybe possible future features? D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-01-15 09:54 +0100

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