Colorizing index lines that match two patterns

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 03:09:56PM -0600, Akkana Peck wrote:
>"~N ~X 1-"
>~N ~X 1-
>"~N && ~X 1-"
>"~N" "~X 1-"
>
>but they all gave syntax errors.

For me,
   color index red white "~N ~X 1-"
works and gives no syntax errors.

>"~N ~X 1-
>Is this a bug?

It's semi-intentional.  Mutt's just automatically terminating the last 
argument for you at the end of the line.

>Even better, is there a way I could have a rule that sets just the
>foreground or just the background? E.g. if I could say
>
>color index        brightblue    default  "~N"
>color index        default       white    "~X 1-"
>
>and a message that was both new and had attachments would take the
>foreground color from the first rule but the background color from
>the second rule?

No, Mutt matches a single rule and uses that to color the line.

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Kevin J. McCarthy
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