[neomutt-users] Feature request: Arbitrary sort order of sidebar entries.

[boB i_persevere]

On 31.08.2023 12:00, christophe lalanne wrote:
>On 2023-08-31 09:35, boB i_persevere wrote:
>>On 31.08.2023 08:40, christophe lalanne wrote:
>>>Couldn't you use multiple "mailboxes" specifications to order your local
>>>folders according to your liking? E.g.,
>>>
>>>mailboxes =A
>>>mailboxes =D =C
>>>mailboxes =B
>>>
>>>will give you A D C B in your sidebar. I don't know about subitems, not
>>>even when using tricky combination of "sidebar_*" options.

[...]

>>This had absolutely no effect on the ordering of the folders/mailboxes
>>in the sidebar.  Where have I gone astray?
>>
>
>Unfortunately, I don't use IMAP. Instead I store my emails in a Maildir
>on my HD (and in this case, there's no space after the equal sign,
>meaning you should write "=A" and not "= A"). However, it seems that the
>same idea applies to IMAP folders, as documented on the Arch Wiki [1].
>
>[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mutt#IMAP

Ah.  I forgot that "=" is used for a mailbox shortcut, meaning the same
thing as the "+" that I was using.  So!  I removed the "=" and extra
whitespace.

Additionally I had to remove "set imap_check_subscribed", which I had
set, and remove "sidebar_sort_method option" that I also had set.  Now
it works!  That Arch Linux article you linked me to is a gem.  Many
thanks for your help!  => I guess I should withdraw my feature request?!
Always so much to learn...

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Wishing you only the best,
boB i_persevere

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