[MlMt] Reading and archiving threads

[Alan Schmitt]

On 23 Jan 2012, at 10:24, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 23 Jan 2012, at 9:13, Alan Schmitt wrote:
>
>> I'm using the "Organize by thread" option, which gives me a very Mutt 
>> like (although folded) view of the messages of a thread. 
>> Unfortunately, I haven't found a workflow that easily lets me read 
>> and archive a thread. More precisely, if I keep the thread folded, 
>> every message (including unread ones) will be archived if I archive 
>> it. So I first need to unfold the thread (right arrow), then archive 
>> the message.
>
> Note that holding down ⌥ expands the entire thread when using right 
> arrow or clicking on the triangle (standard Mac OS X feature). Another 
> useful feature may be “Select Thread” (⌃⌘A) - to archive after 
> reading the thread (even if not using “Organize by Thread”).

Good to know.

>> Could there be a "archive this message and jump to next unread in 
>> thread" keyboard shortcut?
>
> I've just added 4 actions to the messages outline to be used for key 
> bindings. After the next update you should be able to make a key 
> binding like:
> 	
> 	"a" = ( "expand:", "archive:" );
>
> That should automatically expand the thread before archiving the 
> currently selected message(s). The next one is then automatically 
> selected if you are in a mailbox not showing archived messages. If you 
> need to explicitly move to the next (unread) message then it can be 
> done as follows:
>
> 	"a" = ( "expand:", "archive:", "nextUnreadMessage:" );
>
> The `expand:` selector may be the (only) useful one, but for the sake 
> of completion I've introduced:
>
> 	expand:
> 	collapse:
> 	expandThread:
> 	collapseThread:

Sounds great, thanks a lot!

Alan