Rolling My Own

[Janina Sajka]

You can delete your message thread in a single command--well almost a
single command. First, use the semi-colon ; to select the messages--in
this case by subject. Then, it's simple -- a for apply, d for delete, and
x to expunge the messages.

When I talk about wanting to do this all in a single keystroke, my main
problem is the part about specifying the search string. Frequently, people
will mistype subjects. So, it is often dificult to type in what I hear
from Speakup, because words will be spelled differently, e.g.

	newbie and newby

Yes, I've seen both of those spellings!
If I can grab the subject and dump it into a routine, I would never care
how someone spells!

Now, I've probably dragged this thread way off the Speakup topic! Begging
pardons.
 On Thu, 4
Jan 2001, Holmes, Steve wrote:

> Another question along this vain is can you collapse message threads in Pine
> like you can with MS Outlook? I sort my index by ordersubject (I think
> that's what it is called) so I have the messages grouped together but if
> there is 30 messages for one thread, I cannot tell in advance how many nor
> delete them with a single command such as is mentioned below.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at afb.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 3:23 PM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Rolling My Own
>
>
> Yes, yes! This does the trick.
>
> I don't suppose there's anything so neat and simple for "delete and
> expunge messages with the same subject"? Guess that one I will have to
> roll?
>
> Thanks for solving this one, though. You've just sped up my mail reading
> big time! Much obliged.
>  On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Chris Nestrud wrote:
>
> > Change the index-format variable to 'msgno subject fromorto'. This should
> > change all message indexes to be as you've described.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Janina Sajka wrote:
> >
> > > The Pine setup configurations let you choose how the index is listed
> > > out--as recieved, or the reverse of how messages are recieved, or by
> > > thread, or by sender, or by a host of features or their reverse. It does
> > > not let one tweak what summary is presented for each message.
> > >
> > > To put it differently, it lets you tweak the vertical order. But, I want
> > > to tweak the horizontal order. I want a number to the far left followed
> by
> > > the subject and then the sender. There's nothing like this in the Pine
> > > setup.
> > >  On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Jason Fayre wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > The index format in Pine can be tweaked in the pine setup screen.  I
> don't
> > > > remember exactly what the parameter is called, but it is there.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello All -- and Happy New Year to all:
> > > > >
> > > > > Like many of you, I've become comfortable with compiling
> applications and
> > > > > rolling out linux kernels with Speakup compiled in. Well, OK, I've
> become
> > > > > somewhat comfortable with the basics. In other words, I'm ready to
> take
> > > > > the next tentative step. For me, this means tweaking some of my pet
> peaves
> > > > > with my computer into behaving like I want them to behave, rather
> than
> > > > > living with the defaults.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have two tweaks that I want to put into effect:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1.)	The system bell stinks, imho. I hate that 1 kHz (or
> whatever) tone
> > > > > that one gets with Ctrl-G, ASCII char 7, or %BELL, or whatever the
> heck
> > > > > it's called in one programming environment or other. I want
> something
> > > > > else. The something else I want I can already effect in a simple
> shell
> > > > > script. Where and how do I make this the default? I presume this is
> > > > > somewhere in the kernel code as a call of some sort that I would
> > > > > substitute my own call with. Gak, what terrible grammar, but I
> suspect
> > > > > you'll get the idea;
> > > > >
> > > > > 2.)	I intend to keep using Pine. Because I have Caldera on my
> portable
> > > > > system, I have to compile from sources if I want to upgrade to the
> latest
> > > > > and greatest. This gives me the opportunity to tweak, hopefully, how
> the
> > > > > Pine index is displayed. In other words, I want to change the order
> of
> > > > > summary info Pine will display when a folder's index is on screen;
> > > > >
> > > > > Any advice on the above would be greatly appreciated.
> > > > >  --
> > > > >
> > > > > 				Janina Sajka, Director
> > > > > 				Technology Research and Development
> > > > > 				Governmental Relations Group
> > > > > 				American Foundation for the Blind
> (AFB)
> > > > >
> > > > > janina at afb.net
> > > > > (202) 408-8175
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> > > --
> > >
> > > 				Janina Sajka, Director
> > > 				Technology Research and Development
> > > 				Governmental Relations Group
> > > 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > >
> > > janina at afb.net
> > > (202) 408-8175
> > > http://www.afb.org/gov.html
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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-- 

				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

janina at afb.net
(202) 408-8175
http://www.afb.org/gov.html


The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning
achievement of the past millennium. Yet, electronic publishing will soon
eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" available at:

	http://www.afb.org/ebook.html

Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind computer users.
Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how.