Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!apple!vsi1!lmb
From: lmb@vicom.COM (Larry Blair)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Sortby wierdness
Summary: patch
Message-ID: <1325@vsi1.COM>
Date: 28 Dec 88 00:36:28 GMT
References: <1323@vsi1.COM>
Organization: VICOM Systems Inc., San Jose, CA
Lines: 52

In article <1323@vsi1.COM>, lmb@vicom.COM (Larry Blair) writes:
> Did I miss a discussion?  Elm 2.1pl1 accepts both mailbox order and status
> order for its sortby type in the options menu.  The Ref.guide doesn't list
> mailbox as a valid type.  Worse, read_rc.c doesn't accept status as a valid
> type, blowing you out of elm when you start up.

Well, it took about 30 seconds to fix.  Here's the patch:

*** read_rc.c.old	Tue Dec 27 16:21:50 1988
--- read_rc.c	Tue Dec 27 16:30:24 1988
***************
*** 63,69 ****
  	timeout = <seconds for main menu timeout or zero to disable>
  	userlevel = <0=amateur, 1=okay, 2 or greater = expert!>
  
! 	sortby  = <sent, received, from, size, subject, mailbox>
  
  	alternatives = <list of addresses that forward to us>
  
--- 63,69 ----
  	timeout = <seconds for main menu timeout or zero to disable>
  	userlevel = <0=amateur, 1=okay, 2 or greater = expert!>
  
! 	sortby  = <sent, received, from, size, subject, mailbox, status>
  
  	alternatives = <list of addresses that forward to us>
  
***************
*** 226,231 ****
--- 226,233 ----
  	      sortby = SUBJECT;
  	    else if (equal(word2, "mailbox") || equal(word2, "folder"))
  	      sortby = MAILBOX_ORDER;
+ 	    else if (equal(word2, "status"))
+ 	      sortby = STATUS;
  	    else if (equal(word2, "reverse-sent") || equal(word2,"rev-sent"))
  	       sortby = - SENT_DATE;
  	    else if (strncmp(word2, "reverse-rec",11) == 0 || 
***************
*** 245,250 ****
--- 247,255 ----
  	             equal(word2, "reverse-folder") || 
  		     equal(word2, "rev-folder"))
  	      sortby = - MAILBOX_ORDER;
+ 	    else if (equal(word2, "reverse-status") || 
+ 		     equal(word2, "rev-status"))
+ 	      sortby = - STATUS;
  	    else {
  	     if (! errors)
  	       printf("Error reading '.elm/elmrc' file;\n");
-- 
Larry Blair   ames!vsi1!lmb   lmb@vicom.com