You can delete your message thread in a single command--well almost a single command. First, use the semi-colon ; to select the messages--in this case by subject. Then, it's simple -- a for apply, d for delete, and x to expunge the messages. When I talk about wanting to do this all in a single keystroke, my main problem is the part about specifying the search string. Frequently, people will mistype subjects. So, it is often dificult to type in what I hear from Speakup, because words will be spelled differently, e.g. newbie and newby Yes, I've seen both of those spellings! If I can grab the subject and dump it into a routine, I would never care how someone spells! Now, I've probably dragged this thread way off the Speakup topic! Begging pardons. On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Holmes, Steve wrote: > Another question along this vain is can you collapse message threads in Pine > like you can with MS Outlook? I sort my index by ordersubject (I think > that's what it is called) so I have the messages grouped together but if > there is 30 messages for one thread, I cannot tell in advance how many nor > delete them with a single command such as is mentioned below. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at afb.net] > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 3:23 PM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: Rolling My Own > > > Yes, yes! This does the trick. > > I don't suppose there's anything so neat and simple for "delete and > expunge messages with the same subject"? Guess that one I will have to > roll? > > Thanks for solving this one, though. You've just sped up my mail reading > big time! Much obliged. > On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Chris Nestrud wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- 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.
