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tlvince

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Registered: 2010-07-06

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mutt status line with multiple accounts

Using pbrisbin's guide as a base (assume the same configuration) and supposing I have new mail in both accounts, I'd like a status line that mimic's something like this:

(gmail/inbox 1)───(gmx/inbox 1)───────────(all)

mutt(6) status_format generally alludes to formats matching the current mailbox.

There is %b, which presumably gets the count of new messages in the mailboxes defined like so:

mailboxes +GMail/INBOX +GMX/INBOX

However, even with a test status format like this:

set status_format       = "(Total: %b)───(%f %m%?n? [+%n]?%?d? [-%d]?%?t? [*%t]?)%?p?───(%p draft)?─%>─(%P)───"

... it would always display Total: 0 ...

Any ideas mutt experts?

linux-ka

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Registered: 2010-05-07

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Re: mutt status line with multiple accounts

Perhaps a typo regarding folder names. I am using mutt but I haven't edited the status line. cuold it be, that %b just shows the amount of unread mails in the current folder/directory?

tlvince

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Re: mutt status line with multiple accounts

Perhaps a typo regarding folder names.

I checked that. To make sure, I also use this:

macro index,pager <F9> "<change-folder>+GMail/INBOX<enter>" "Go to GMail inbox"
macro index,pager <F10> "<change-folder>+GMX/INBOX<enter>" "Go to GMX inbox"

... the same "mailbox" names. Perhaps mailboxes doesn't work on folders?

cuold it be, that %b just shows the amount of unread mails in the current folder/directory?

Manual reads: "number of mailboxes with new mail *".

Last edited by tlvince (2010-11-15 15:50:03)

linux-ka

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Re: mutt status line with multiple accounts

mailboxes works well for directories. I use it for my sidebar inside mutt. There it shows the amount of new mails of each folder, hence it works. In my case it do not use "+folder" but

mailboxes /full/path/to/mail/folder_1  /full/path/to/mail/folder_2 ...

Maybe mutt doesn't find the folder you told him.

skanky

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Registered: 2009-10-23

Posts: 1,847

Re: mutt status line with multiple accounts

That manual is out of date. Use this one:
http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/manual.html#status-format

The %b states the number of mbs with new mail (seems to work for me too).

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