Re: Missing options

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 10/13/2004 01:13:09 PM, Albrecht Dreß wrote:
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> I don't think it's a good idea to use *different* formats  
> without a good reason in the same application. So IMHO balsa  
> should use either the locale format *or* the user-defined one  
> in both the headers and the list. The locale method has the  
> drawback that less experienced users may have problems to tweak .bashrc/.cshrc,  
> so I guess the prefs gui setting is the preferred method.

The user pref controls the message display date, with a default  
of "%x %X", which should adapt to the locale.  The mailbox index  
date is currently hard-coded as the same string, so it doesn't  
change when the user chooses a different format.  The case for  
treating them consistently is strong--cvs has been fixed to make  
the user pref control both.  When a transparent way of setting  
the locale is available, we can change the pref manager to point  
the user to it, and simplify the pref manager a little!

Peter