Re: [9front] [~orib/Nail PATCH] Add thread links to bottom of message

[Daniel Moch <daniel@danielmoch.com>]

Quoth ori@eigenstate.org:
> Quoth Daniel Moch <daniel@danielmoch.com>:
> > This usability patch places thread links at the bottom of displayed
> > messages in addition to the beginning to allow for easier thread
> > navigation.
> > 
> > diff -urN a/mesg.c b/mesg.c
> > --- a/mesg.c	Sat Nov 21 14:21:15 2020
> > +++ b/mesg.c	Sat Nov 21 19:19:21 2020
> > @@ -262,6 +262,15 @@
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	home = getenv("home");
> > +	if(m->parent != nil || m->nchild != 0) {
> > +		Bprint(wfd, "\n");
> > +		Bprint(wfd, "===> Thread:");
> > +		if(m->parent && !(m->parent->state & Sdummy))
> > +			Bprint(wfd, " ↑ %s", m->parent->name);
> > +		for(i = 0; i < m->nchild; i++)
> > +			Bprint(wfd, " ↓ %s", m->child[i]->name);
> > +		Bprint(wfd, "\n");
> > +	}
> >  	if(m->nparts != 0)
> >  		Bprint(wfd, "\n");
> >  	for(i = 0; i < m->nparts; i++){
> > 
> 
> Not sure on this -- but you may be interested in a patch
> that phil9 is working on, to do a full conversation view,
> instead of one message at a time.
> 
> It's still a work in progress.

After using it for a day I'm not wild about it either.  It's helpful
for longer messages, but there could easily be a better way to manage
that.

Is phil9's patch available somewhere?