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Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged.
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Lyndon Nerenberg |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged. |
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Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:44:03 -0700 |
> Might I suggest that the default ~/.mh_profile
> for new users, if there is such a thing, have it turned on so they avoid
> the trap until they're au fait enough to turn it off.
It's a bad idea having a command default one way (and the manpage documenting
that default), and then silently installing a hidden configuration override
that changes the behaviour.
sortm(1) states the default for 'msgs' is 'all'. Failure to read the
documentation is not a bug in the command. There's nothing wrong with sortm's
current default message list -- leave it alone. If you don't like the default
behaviour, write your own wrapper script. That's the whole point of using MH
in the first place.
--lyndon
Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged., norm, 2012/10/11
Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged., bergman, 2012/10/11
Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged., Paul Fox, 2012/10/11
Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged., David Levine, 2012/10/11
Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged., David Levine, 2012/10/11
Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged., David Levine, 2012/10/11
Re: [Nmh-workers] sortm's Default of all is Brain-Damaged., David Levine, 2012/10/13