Package: mutt
Version: 1.7.2-1
Severity: minor
Tags: upstream
The default sort order for the index is documented as "date"; it should
be threads. I retrieved the source package for 1.8.0-1; the problem is
still present there.
It did occur to me that the example Muttrc (in upstream doc/Muttrc) sets
the index sort order to "threads"; perhaps this overrides an in-code
default, but IMO the muttrc(5) manpage et al. should document the
default as actually realized on the system.
I'm attaching a patch to fix the documentation in several places, as it
is not very DRY.
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diff --git a/doc/manual.html b/doc/manual.html
index 41fba21..127ba70 100644
--- a/doc/manual.html
+++ b/doc/manual.html
@@ -7317,7 +7317,7 @@ where <span class="quote">“<span
class="quote">[...]</span>”</span> denotes
Setting this variable overrides the value of the <a class="link"
href="#sendmail" title="3.248. sendmail">$sendmail</a>
variable.
</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3
class="title"><a id="sort"></a>3.293. sort</h3></div></div></div><div
class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
-Default: date</p></div><p>
+Default: threads</p></div><p>
Specifies how to sort messages in the <span class="quote">“<span
class="quote">index</span>”</span> menu. Valid values
are:
diff --git a/doc/manual.txt b/doc/manual.txt
index e95a1af..d9726ec 100644
--- a/doc/manual.txt
+++ b/doc/manual.txt
@@ -9840,7 +9840,7 @@ smtp[s]://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]
3.293. sort
Type: sort order
- Default: date
+ Default: threads
Specifies how to sort messages in the "index" menu. Valid values are:
* date or date-sent
diff --git a/doc/reference.html b/doc/reference.html
index e978f93..880b089 100644
--- a/doc/reference.html
+++ b/doc/reference.html
@@ -2846,7 +2846,7 @@ where <span class="quote">“<span
class="quote">[...]</span>”</span> denotes
Setting this variable overrides the value of the <a class="link"
href="reference.html#sendmail" title="3.248. sendmail">$sendmail</a>
variable.
</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3
class="title"><a id="sort"></a>3.293. sort</h3></div></div></div><div
class="literallayout"><p>Type: sort order<br />
-Default: date</p></div><p>
+Default: threads</p></div><p>
Specifies how to sort messages in the <span class="quote">“<span
class="quote">index</span>”</span> menu. Valid values
are:
