Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged.

[Kevin Cosgrove]

On 11 October 2012 at 14:26, Paul Fox <address@hidden> wrote:

> kevin wrote:
>  > 
>  > On 11 October 2012 at 10:35, Joel Uckelman <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > 
>  > > Speaking for myself only: I can't recall a single time in 15 years of
>  > > using nmh that I've wanted to use sortm to sort less than a complete
>  > > folder.
>  > 
>  > I have two use cases for sortm
>  > 
>  >  1.  sortm +folder
>  > 
>  >  2.  sortm -textfield subject -limit 0 +folder
>  > 
> 
> does that actually work for you?

The first command sorts by date, which I want.  The second command 
sorts by subject, which I want.  I agree with you that the sub-sort
by date doesn't work.  I hadn't noticed that before.


> i like catching up on mail in
> subject thread order.  the man page says that "-textfield subject
> -limit 0" should sort in subject-major, date-minor order, which i
> think is what i want -- messages grouped by subject, and by date
> within each subject.
> 
> but, in a folder with these messages:
>  
> $ scan last:6
>   9891  12:40 Sally Moulton      [arlington] Solarize Mass reps speak tonight,
>   9893  12:19 David Levine       Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Br
>   9894  12:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
>   9899  05:51 "T-Alerts Notific  Red Line Braintree Alert
>   9900  14:32 Ralph Corderoy     [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Brain-
>   9901  11:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
> $ sortm -textfield subject -limit 0 last:6
> $ scan last:6
>   9891  12:40 Sally Moulton      [arlington] Solarize Mass reps speak tonight,
>   9893  12:19 David Levine       Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Br
>   9894  14:32 Ralph Corderoy     [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Brain-
>   9899  05:51 "T-Alerts Notific  Red Line Braintree Alert
>   9900  12:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
>   9901  11:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
>  
> note that ralph's 14:32 message really is earlier than david's 12:19
> reply, due to timezone.  the subject ordering is correct, but the date
> ordering is reversed from chronological.
> 
> paul
> 
> --- somewhat unrelated but quite useful workaround follows ---
> 
> the following commands are my workaround:
>     sortm
>     sortm -textfield subject
>  
> i've put the messages back in the original order to start:
>  
> $ scan last:6
>   9915  12:40 Sally Moulton      [arlington] Solarize Mass reps speak tonight,
>   9916  12:19 David Levine       Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Br
>   9917  12:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
>   9918  05:51 "T-Alerts Notific  Red Line Braintree Alert
>   9919  14:32 Ralph Corderoy     [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Brain-
>   9920  11:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
> $ sortm last:6
> $ scan last:6
>   9915  05:51 "T-Alerts Notific  Red Line Braintree Alert
>   9916  14:32 Ralph Corderoy     [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Brain-
>   9917  11:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
>   9918  12:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
>   9919  12:40 Sally Moulton      [arlington] Solarize Mass reps speak tonight,
>   9920  12:19 David Levine       Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Br
> $ sortm -textfield subject last:6
> $ scan last:6
>   9915  05:51 "T-Alerts Notific  Red Line Braintree Alert
>   9916  14:32 Ralph Corderoy     [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Brain-
>   9917  12:19 David Levine       Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is 
> Br
>   9918  11:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
>   9919  12:37 To:address@hidden  RSS feeds
>   9920  12:40 Sally Moulton      [arlington] Solarize Mass reps speak tonight,
> 
> this isn't subject-major, but that's okay for my purposes:  having the
> threads sorted in thread commencement order is actually more useful than
> alphabetic.
>  
> =---------------------
>  paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 51.4 degrees)
> 
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Kevin