Tweak relative dates to be close to the same length.

Most all of the returned strings will now fill most of a 12-character
string, (depending on the length of the month).

diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 98c0bf377553b00cb8d3232e1bb5353bf3ab8d17..30b3bbac9d9ed53dc9404e6f8635f9c091f24f23 100644 (file)
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -739,11 +739,11 @@ query_string_from_args (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
  *
  * Examples include:
  *
- *     5 minutes ago   (For times less than 60 minutes ago)
- *     12:30           (For times >60 minutes but still today)
- *     Yesterday
- *     Monday          (Before yesterday but fewer than 7 days ago)
- *     Oct. 12         (Between 7 and 180 days ago (about 6 months))
+ *     5 mins. ago     (For times less than 60 minutes ago)
+ *     Today 12:30     (For times >60 minutes but still today)
+ *     Yest. 12:30
+ *     Mon.  12:30     (Before yesterday but fewer than 7 days ago)
+ *     October 12      (Between 7 and 180 days ago (about 6 months))
  *     2008-06-30      (More than 180 days ago)
  */
 #define MINUTE (60)
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ _format_relative_date (void *ctx, time_t then)
 
     if (delta < 3600) {
        snprintf (result, RELATIVE_DATE_MAX,
-                 "%d minutes ago", (int) (delta / 60));
+                 "%d mins. ago", (int) (delta / 60));
        return result;
     }
 
@@ -787,21 +787,23 @@ _format_relative_date (void *ctx, time_t then)
            delta < DAY)
        {
            strftime (result, RELATIVE_DATE_MAX,
-                     "%R", &tm_then); /* 12:30 */
+                     "Today %R", &tm_then); /* Today 12:30 */
            return result;
        } else if ((tm_now.tm_wday + 7 - tm_then.tm_wday) % 7 == 1) {
-           return "Yesterday";
+           strftime (result, RELATIVE_DATE_MAX,
+                     "Yest. %R", &tm_then); /* Yest. 12:30 */
+           return result;
        } else {
            if (tm_then.tm_wday != tm_now.tm_wday) {
                strftime (result, RELATIVE_DATE_MAX,
-                         "%A", &tm_then); /* Monday */
+                         "%a. %R", &tm_then); /* Mon. 12:30 */
                return result;
            }
        }
     }
 
     strftime (result, RELATIVE_DATE_MAX,
-             "%b %d", &tm_then); /* Oct. 12 */
+             "%B %d", &tm_then); /* October 12 */
     return result;
 }
 #undef MINUTE
@@ -848,7 +850,7 @@ search_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])
        date = notmuch_thread_get_oldest_date (thread);
        relative_date = _format_relative_date (local, date);
 
-       printf ("%s (%s) %s",
+       printf ("%s %12s %s",
                notmuch_thread_get_thread_id (thread),
                relative_date,
                notmuch_thread_get_subject (thread));