Type: string
Default: "%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%4l) %s"
This variable allows you to customize the message index display to your personal taste.
``Format strings'' are similar to the strings used in the ``C'' function printf to format output (see the man page for more detail). The following sequences are defined in Mutt:
%a address of the author
%b filename of the original message
folder (think mailBox)
%B the list to which the letter was sent,
or else the folder name (%b).
%c number of characters (bytes) in the message
%C current message number
%d date and time of the message in the format
specified by ``date_format'' converted to
sender's time zone
%D date and time of the message in the format
specified by ``date_format'' converted to
the local time zone
%f entire From: line (address + real name)
%F author name, or recipient name if the
message is from you
%i message-id of the current message
%l number of lines in the message
%L list-from function
%m total number of message in the mailbox
%M number of hidden messages if the thread
is collapsed.
%N message score
%n author's real name (or address if missing)
%O (_O_riginal save folder) Where
mutt would formerly have stashed the
message: list name or recipient name
if no list
%s subject of the message
%S status of the message (N/D/d/!/r/*)
%t `to:' field (recipients)
%T the appropriate character from the
to_chars string
%u user (login) name of the author
%v first name of the author, or the
recipient if the message is from you
%Z message status flags
%{fmt} the date and time of the message is
converted to sender's time zone, and
``fmt'' is expanded by the library
function ``strftime''; a leading bang
disables locales
%[fmt] the date and time of the message is
converted to the local time zone, and
``fmt'' is expanded by the library
function ``strftime''; a leading bang
disables locales
%(fmt) the local date and time when the
message was received.
``fmt'' is expanded by the library
function ``strftime'';
a leading bang disables locales
%<fmt> the current local time.
``fmt'' is expanded by the library
function ``strftime'';
a leading bang disables locales.
%>X right justify the rest of the string
and pad with character "X"
%|X pad to the end of the line with
character "X"
See also: ``to_chars''.