Re: more patching to 1.2rc1

[Peter H. <pet...@hu...>]

> Hello again,
>
> I have been working on some more patches to SM 1.2rc1 and would like to
> hear some feedback as to whether these patches would be useful to you or to
> others.
>
> As many of you know already, I have been working on a patch which would add
> the ability to jump to any random page of your email messages.  This is
> accomplished by using a pagination system similar to what you would use on
> an internet search engine.
>
> I have also submitted a patch which allows users of SM to add multiple
> email addresses per nickname in the address book.  This is useful as it
> eliminates the need for manipulating an aliases file.
>
> Additionally, I have been working on adding a new column to the mailbox
> display.  This column is the "Status" column, which will report on the
> FLAG_SEEN of each message.  If the message has not been seen, you will see
> the word "New" in the column, otherwise you will see nothing there.  I have
> also added the ability to sort the messages by this field, which was my
> primary drive for adding this feature.
>
> In order to accomplish the sorting on the FLAG_SEEN key, I had to make some
> changes to several files.  I added the ability to add/remove the column (of
> course) in options_order.php, which was quite simple.  I also changed the
> arbitrary sort cap of $sort = 6;  I have created a global variable, defined
> in src/load_prefs.php, called $unsorted.  This variable is defined as
> higher than the highest sort type, and all references to $sort being
> compared to 6 have been reconciled.  I have chosen to define the
> ascending/descending sort to show seen/unseen messages, and to use the
> numbers 6 and 7.
>
> Please let me know if these changes are of interest to you, and I will
> submit my patches.

Well, I want to resist the urge to add features to 1.2.0.  I do want to get the
priority feature in there (because I think it is long overdue) and would like to
add explicit support for multiple addresses per nickname.  I think we should
hold off on the "seen" and "sort by seen" to 1.2.1.

I will leave it up to Ray on if we add the next | prev | 1 | 2 etc.

What do you all think?

-Peter