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6.3.51. index_format

Type: format string
Default: "%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%4l) %s"

This variable allows you to customize the message index display to your personal taste.

``Format strings'' are similar to the strings used in the ``C'' function printf to format output (see the man page for more detail). The following sequences are defined in Mutt:

%a	address of the author
%b	filename of the original message folder (think mailBox)
%B	the list to which the letter was sent, or else the folder name (%b).
%c	number of characters (bytes) in the message
%C	current message number
%d	date and time of the message in the format specified by
	``date_format''
%f	entire From: line (address + real name)
%F	author name, or recipient name if the message is from you
%i	message-id of the current message
%l	number of lines in the message
%L	list-from function
%m	total number of message in the mailbox
%N      message score
%n	author's real name (or address if missing)
%O	 (_O_riginal save folder)  Where mutt would formerly have stashed the
	message: list name or recipient name if no list
%s	subject of the message
%S	status of the message (N/D/d/!/*/r)
%t	`to:' field (recipients)
%T	the appropriate character from the $to_chars string
%u	user (login) name of the author
%Z	message status flags

%{fmt}	the date and time of the message is converted to sender's 
	time zone, and ``fmt'' is expanded by the system call 
	``strftime''; a leading bang disables locales
%[fmt]	the date and time of the message is converted to the local
	time zone, and ``fmt'' is expanded by the system call
	``strftime''; a leading bang disables locales
%(fmt)	the local date and time when the message was received.
	``fmt'' is expanded by the system call ``strftime'';
	a leading bang disables locales
%<fmt>	the current local time. ``fmt'' is expanded by the system
	call ``strftime''; a leading bang disables locales.

%>X	right justify the rest of the string and pad with character "X"
%|X	pad to the end of the line with character "X"

See also: $to_chars.


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