Subject: [Unix Pine 3.91] Selection of message headers in regular display?

From: [email-masked] (Kenneth Manheimer)
Date: 18 Aug 1995 12:57:14 -0400

Howdy.  I've got another feature request.  It stems from wanting to
see the 'X-organization:' header line in my regular message display.
Ie, not have to switch to full-headers to see this non-standard (but
typically present) header line.  More generally, i think it would be
worthwhile to enable the user to specify optional headers which they
would like to have included among the select set.

I looked through the code a bit, and it appears that the brief-header-
mode is restricted to a small, hard-coded selection of standard header
lines.  (c-client/rfc822.c:rfc822_header() and
pine/mailview.c:format_envelope() seem to be the relevant routines.)

Is there any way, currently, that i can extend that list at
the user level?  If not, are there any plans to make this more user
configurable?  I'd certainly like to be able to see the
X-Organization: line, when it is present, and i think there will be
other, similar needs.

Thanks.

ken
[email-masked], 301 975-3539

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 10:13:10 +0100 (BST)

I think you'll find that Pine 3.91 already can do what you want through 
its normal Setup Configuration screen.

In particular the variable "customized-hdrs" can be used to add custom 
heeaders such as "X-Organization:" along with, if you wish, a default 
value for each.  However in order to see these headers or change their 
value you must use the Ctrl/R (Rich Header) command when composing your 
message.

However there is also a variable called "default-composer-hdrs".  This 
lists the headers you wish to be shown by default when composing a 
message (ie, the "normal" ones you see without having to type Ctrl/R).  
You can quite happily set up a list here to specify the headers you want 
shown as standard.  Note that this list *overrides* the standard set, so 
if you want them to appear you must include them in your list.  See the 
on-line help for this variable for details.

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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From: Ken Manheimer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 11:00:30 -0400 (EDT)

> On 18 Aug 1995, I wrote:

On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, Mike Brudenell wrote:

> [...]

Thanks for the suggestion, but customized-hdrs and default-composer-hdrs
affect message composition (and, in fact, i already employ them for this
purpose).  I was concerned in my query with message reading.  I still
haven't found any options that enable me to designate additional headers
for the non-"full-headers" mode display.  I suspect such options need to 
be added...

ken

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:27:50 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, Ken Manheimer wrote:

>
> I still haven't found any options that enable me to designate
> additional headers for the non-"full-headers" mode display.  I
> suspect such options need to be added...
>

Pine 3.91 does not have that option, but Pine 3.92 will...

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From: Ken Manheimer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 14:10:03 -0400 (EDT)

> Pine 3.91 does not have that option, but Pine 3.92 will...

Yay!  Thanks...

ken