From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pony.its.uwo.ca([129.100.2.63]) (5293 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:12:06 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from entropy.uark.edu (entropy.uark.edu [130.184.173.3]) by pony.its.uwo.ca (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f03MC9301749 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:12:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (IDENT:ccn@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by entropy.uark.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA19101 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:12:04 -0600 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:12:04 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Nestrud Reply-To: ccn@uark.edu To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Rolling My Own In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: Change the index-format variable to 'msgno subject fromorto'. This should change all message indexes to be as you've described. Chris On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > The Pine setup configurations let you choose how the index is listed > out--as recieved, or the reverse of how messages are recieved, or by > thread, or by sender, or by a host of features or their reverse. It does > not let one tweak what summary is presented for each message. > > To put it differently, it lets you tweak the vertical order. But, I want > to tweak the horizontal order. I want a number to the far left followed by > the subject and then the sender. There's nothing like this in the Pine > setup. > On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Jason Fayre wrote: > > > Hello, > > The index format in Pine can be tweaked in the pine setup screen. I don't > > remember exactly what the parameter is called, but it is there. > > > > > > On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > Hello All -- and Happy New Year to all: > > > > > > Like many of you, I've become comfortable with compiling applications and > > > rolling out linux kernels with Speakup compiled in. Well, OK, I've become > > > somewhat comfortable with the basics. In other words, I'm ready to take > > > the next tentative step. For me, this means tweaking some of my pet peaves > > > with my computer into behaving like I want them to behave, rather than > > > living with the defaults. > > > > > > I have two tweaks that I want to put into effect: > > > > > > 1.) The system bell stinks, imho. I hate that 1 kHz (or whatever) tone > > > that one gets with Ctrl-G, ASCII char 7, or %BELL, or whatever the heck > > > it's called in one programming environment or other. I want something > > > else. The something else I want I can already effect in a simple shell > > > script. Where and how do I make this the default? I presume this is > > > somewhere in the kernel code as a call of some sort that I would > > > substitute my own call with. Gak, what terrible grammar, but I suspect > > > you'll get the idea; > > > > > > 2.) I intend to keep using Pine. Because I have Caldera on my portable > > > system, I have to compile from sources if I want to upgrade to the latest > > > and greatest. This gives me the opportunity to tweak, hopefully, how the > > > Pine index is displayed. In other words, I want to change the order of > > > summary info Pine will display when a folder's index is on screen; > > > > > > Any advice on the above would be greatly appreciated. > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > Technology Research and Development > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > janina@afb.net > > > (202) 408-8175 > > > http://www.afb.org/gov.html > > > > > > > > > The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning > > > achievement of the past millennium. Yet, electronic publishing will soon > > > eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" available at: > > > > > > http://www.afb.org/ebook.html > > > > > > Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind computer users. > > > Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > janina@afb.net > (202) 408-8175 > http://www.afb.org/gov.html > > > The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning > achievement of the past millennium. Yet, electronic publishing will soon > eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" available at: > > http://www.afb.org/ebook.html > > Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind computer users. > Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >