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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
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
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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.
> 
> 
> 
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