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From: NJG@CORNELLA.BITNET (Nick Gimbrone)
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Subject: Re: Proposals for yet another version of MAIL/BOOK
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Date: 17 Jan 90 02:38:13 GMT
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In-Reply-To:  Message of Tue, 16 Jan 90 23:57:17 SET from <NADWL@HDEDH1>

On Tue, 16 Jan 90 23:57:17 SET Scott Ophof said:
>On Fri, 12 Jan 90 14:06:31 CET Rainer M Woitok said:
>>4. New sorting column STATUS (or similar)
>>   Since I can now sort according  to multiple columns, I'd like also to
>>   be able to sort according to the  status field, where either ' ' (old
>>   mail), '>'  (new mail) or  '-' (mail  to be discarded)  is displayed.
>>   Thus I could cleanly separate old from new mail.
>be a "trivial"(?) coding exercise, methinks...
I think it is even more trivial to do it in the MAILB00K code (did it
originally back in 7/89). Here's the 89.02.0A version (not yet on 0B,
but this may also work there):

./ I 08910000          $ 8910001 1                    07/17/89 20:36:28
/* Following select must have items in numeric order, sigh */ /*ml071*/
./ I 08975950          $ 8975951 1                    07/17/89 20:36:28
    When(cursor.4 <= global.date_column.beg - 1) Then,
       cols = global.date_column.beg-1 global.date_column.beg-1
       /* delete/unread flag */                               /*ml071*/

What could be easier :-).

>Somebody's system TIME CLOCK set a "bit" wrong?
Jezz, we have 5 cpus in one room that often differ that that much (or
or more :-).