[neomutt-users] Sidebar feature?

Fri Nov 13 03:05:38 CET 2020

On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 02:07:30AM +0100, Sven Guckes wrote:
> how so?  can you give an outline of this?  ASCII appreciated.
> 

Subjects and sidebar only shown

Now:

Short sidebar instead of all the way down the screen.

Short subject.                | 
Long subject.Long subject.Long| INBOX
Short subject.                | Sent
Short subject.                | Drafts
Long subject.Long subject.Long| Junk
Short subject.                | Spam
Short subject.                |--------  
Short subject.
Long subject.Long subject.Long subject.
Long subject.Long subject.Long subject.
Long subject.Long subject.Long subject.
Long subject.Long subject.Long subject.
Long subject.Long subject.Long subject.
Short subject.
Short subject.
Short subject.
Short subject.

> > Is such a thing [is] reasonable, as in not a mountain of work?

> 
> work on "layouts" has begun, as announced on 2020-03-13:
> 
>   https://neomutt.org/2020/03/13/release
>   https://github.com/neomutt/gfx/tree/master/layout#layout
> 
> > Or should I just rebind showing the sidebar with a single key?
> > Shift B is an annoying combo. The keys are too far apart. :<)
> 
> change your keyboard layout then! :-P
> 
> simply rebind this, eg to 'Q':
> 
>      bind index Q sidebar-toggle-visible
> 
> of course in this case 'Q' for "query" is kinda lost. ;-)
> 
> this is how i see you message with sidebar-toggle-visible:
> https://www.guckes.net/neomutt/pics/2020-11-13.neomutt.bennett.png
> 
> > Actually, should the default combo for that
> > be changed to something easier from install?
> 
> remember: "something easier" might be "someting harder" for others.
> 

Of course. My bad. I know better than to say that. Feel stupid (=^\

Chris Bennett