Re: possible new sort option

[andré <andr55 laposte net>]

Hi Peter,

Le 2018-08-19 à 19:02, Peter Bloomfield a écrit :
> A new branch 'threading' has been added to Balsa's GitLab site[0]. It 
> currently has the first part of a proposed change to Balsa's message 
> threading.
>
> The three radio buttons on the 'View' menu have been replaced with a 
> simple 'Thread messages' check-box, and checking it enables a modified 
> JWZ threading algorithm which constructs threads only by message-id, 
> ignoring the subject header.
>
> At present there is no user interface to request full JWZ threading, 
> although the code for it still exists. It doesn't belong on the 'View' 
> menu. It should be a per-mailbox option, not global, so it doesn't 
> belong in the 'Preferences' dialog. That leaves the mailbox 'Properties' 
> dialog, so the next step is to add a check-box there. Threading is also 
> a per-mailbox option, but not currently shown on the 'Properties' 
> dialog, so perhaps we should add two check-boxes:
>
> [ ] Thread messages
> [ ] … by subject as well as by references
>
> with the second grayed out if the first is not checked. Opinions?

Sounds great
... except maybe a little better if the second check box said
"by subject if no reference" ?
Or am I misunderstanding something ?

> Oh, by the way: this message *looks like* a reply to my earlier post, 
> but is actually a fresh post, with no 'References' header. JWZ threading 
> will place it in the earlier thread, because of the subject, but the 
> Balsa built from the 'threading' branch will make it the head of a new 
> thread. Happy testing!
>
> [0] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa

> > Peter

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André