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Article #129Re: Help reorder VM folders
From: Mike Northam
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:16
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:16
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>>>>> "kyle" == Kyle Jones <kyle@crystal.wonderworks.com> writes: kyle> mun@corp.hp.com writes: > Philippe> Is there an easy way to painlessly reorder VM folders ? What > Philippe> I'd like would be a way to view a VM-summary and tell "move > Philippe> mail#3 after mail#7". Anybody has written such an extension? > > There is a way to do this, but I can't think of it right now. kyle> vm-move-message-forward (ESC C-n) kyle> vm-move-message-backward (ESC C-p) > However, there is a problem with it. The order of the messages are > kept in the _header_ of the first (physical) message of your mail box. > So, if after _arranging_ your mail messages, you happen to > delete the first message...you loose your _re-arranged_ order. kyle> This shouldn't happen. The header is stuffed into the new first kyle> message in the folder, if there is one. There may be a bug that kyle> prevents this from happening, though. Well, when I use vm-move-message-backward, for example to get a folder in the order I want it, my changes aren't saved (even if I do an 'S' to save the folder). When I revisit the folder, it's in the original order. (vm-version is 5.32 (beta)) -- Mike Northam, Shorter Software Solutions, on contract to Intel Corp. (h) (503) 324-1831 (intel office) (503) 696-4860 (shorter) (503) 357-1010 mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com "You ducks are really trying my patience...but you're SOOO cute. --Apu 9F01
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Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.vm.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!chnews!hfglobe!mbn From: mbn@skeletor.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam) Subject: Re: Help reorder VM folders In-Reply-To: kyle@crystal.wonderworks.com's message of Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:27:45 -0500 Message-ID: <MBN.92Nov20081656@skeletor.hf.intel.com> Sender: news@hfglobe.intel.com (News User) Nntp-Posting-Host: skeletor.intel.com Reply-To: mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com Organization: Shorter Software Solutions References: <MUN.92Nov19101045@mun.corp.hp.com> <PHS.92Nov16100845@cassiopee.imag> <9211191827.AA03924@crystal.wonderworks.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:16:56 GMT Lines: 30