Bug#477277: provide a second level of limit functionality

[myon]

(See also #2967)

----- Forwarded message from martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> -----

Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:38:10 +0200
From: martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#477277: provide a second level of limit functionality

I have a number of filters which I constantly want "on" when
I browse my mailboxes, such as:

  ~(~hX-Ignore-Thread)

or

  ~h'X-Label: Debian::mutt'

I would like to be able to treat these independently of the standard
<limit> function, for a number of reasons:

  - I use <limit> a lot
  - I want to be able to change the limit without having to re-run
    the expensive ~h filters noted above every time
  - I would like to be able to replace an existing filter by just
    starting to type, which replaces the entire line. If I have to
    use the same <limit> for the aforementioned "persistent"
    filters, then, to replace e.g. ~L dato with ~s mutt, I have to
    use the cursor keys to navigate to the end of the persistent
    filters and hit ctrl-k before I can change the filter.

Thanks for your consideration.

----- End forwarded message -----

[Rocco Rutte]

Hi,

> I have a number of filters which I constantly want "on" when
> I browse my mailboxes, such as:

>   ~(~hX-Ignore-Thread)

> or

>   ~h'X-Label: Debian::mutt'

> I would like to be able to treat these independently of the standard
> <limit> function, for a number of reasons:

So basically you want virtual folders which can be defined on top of 
regular folders (or any number of them) using a pattern?

Rocco

[madduck]

Yes, exactly!