From 428d0732951a477ec208689f5fb6f1ead29292cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rocco Rutte Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 18:17:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document speed impact of attachment counting. This adds a short paragraph to manual.xml and cross-links %X-expandos to it. --- doc/manual.xml.head | 8 ++++++++ init.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/manual.xml.head b/doc/manual.xml.head index 15a329570..0da4e85f7 100644 --- a/doc/manual.xml.head +++ b/doc/manual.xml.head @@ -5237,6 +5237,14 @@ configure what kinds of attachments qualify for this feature with the attachments and unattachments commands. + +In order to provide this information, mutt needs to fully MIME-parse +all messages affected first. This can slow down operation especially for +remote mail folders such as IMAP because all messages have to be +downloaded first regardless whether the user really wants to view them +or not. + + The syntax is: diff --git a/init.h b/init.h index ee09d743c..d1a9bc7e7 100644 --- a/init.h +++ b/init.h @@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ struct option_t MuttVars[] = { ** .dt %T .dd graphic tree characters ** .dt %u .dd unlink (=to delete) flag ** .dt %X .dd number of qualifying MIME parts in this part and its children + ** (please see the ``$attachments'' section for possible speed effects) ** .dt %>X .dd right justify the rest of the string and pad with character "X" ** .dt %|X .dd pad to the end of the line with character "X" ** .de @@ -1012,6 +1013,7 @@ struct option_t MuttVars[] = { ** .dt %u .dd user (login) name of the author ** .dt %v .dd first name of the author, or the recipient if the message is from you ** .dt %X .dd number of attachments + ** (please see the ``$attachments'' section for possible speed effects) ** .dt %y .dd `x-label:' field, if present ** .dt %Y .dd `x-label' field, if present, and (1) not at part of a thread tree, ** (2) at the top of a thread, or (3) `x-label' is different from -- 2.40.0