why does mutt take so long to load my python folder?

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 01:16:47PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>On 19Nov2022 08:32, Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au> wrote:
>>The issue is my index colouring, specificly this line:
>>
>>   color index white default  "((~P|%f polyname ~h '^from:.*cameron simpson')) | (~v ~((~P|%f polyname ~h '^from:.*cameron simpson')))"
>>

>I'm wondering if it is the `~h` pattern. That would search every 
>header, which I presume exceeds the cache?

~h always opens up the message and scans header by header.  It doesn't 
use the header cache.

BTW ~() can also be very expensive.

>Is there an efficient way to search the _text_ of the `From:` header?  
>Not match the from address part, but the comment string (which is 
>where the "cameron simpson" resides)?

~f scans the display name part of the address in most cases, including 
for color commands.

If you mean an actual address comment field, e.g. (text), those are 
considered the display name if none otherwise exists.  But if there is 
also a display name, the parser discards the comment.

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Kevin J. McCarthy
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