is used to search a list of folders and display the number
of messages in these folders that are in a given sequence or set of
sequences (for example the
-.RI \*(lq unseen \*(rq
+.RI ` unseen '
sequence). This is especially
useful if you use some mechanism such as
.B slocal
By default, the command
.B flist
will search the current folder for the given sequence or sequences (usually
-.RI \*(lq unseen \*(rq).
+.RI ` unseen ').
If (possibly multiple) folders are specified on the command line with
.IR +folder ,
then all these folders are searched for the given sequence(s).
which to search for. This option may be used multiple times to specify
multiple sequences. If this is not given, then the default is to search
for all the sequences specified by the
-.RI \*(lq Unseen-Sequence \*(rq
+.RI ` Unseen-Sequence '
profile component. For more details about sequences, read the
.BR mh\-sequence (7)
man page.
will search all the folders in the top
level of the users mmh directory. These folders are all preceded by
the read\-only folders, which occur as
-.RI \*(lq atr\-cur\- \*(rq
+.RI ` atr\-cur\- '
entries in the user's
.B mmh
context.
.fi
.RE
.PP
-The \*(lq+\*(rq after
+The `+' after
.I inbox
indicates that it is the current folder.
.PP
-The \*(lqprivate\*(rq flag indicates that the given sequence for
+The `private' flag indicates that the given sequence for
that folder is private. See the
.BR mh\-sequence (7)
man page for details about private sequences.
.PP
If
.B flist
-is invoked by a name ending with \*(lqs\*(rq
+is invoked by a name ending with `s'
(e.g.
.BR flists ),
then the switch
The sorting order for the listing is alphabetical (with
.BR \-alpha ),
or in a priority order defined by the
-.RI \*(lq Flist-Order \*(rq
+.RI ` Flist-Order '
profile entry (with
.BR \-noalpha ).
Each item in the
-.RI \*(lq Flist-Order \*(rq
+.RI ` Flist-Order '
is a folder name or a
folder name pattern that uses * to match zero or more characters.
Longer matching patterns have precedence over shorter matching patterns.