msgview: add separate date formatting

The ThisDayTimeFormat and friends are missing from the message view
which just uses the message list's default setting. This might not be
desirable since the amount of space available is different. Introduce
separate settings for formatting dates in the message view.

Signed-off-by: Bence Ferdinandy <bence@ferdinandy.com>
Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>

config/config.go

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ type UIConfig struct {
 	ThisDayTimeFormat             string        `ini:"this-day-time-format"`
 	ThisWeekTimeFormat            string        `ini:"this-week-time-format"`
 	ThisYearTimeFormat            string        `ini:"this-year-time-format"`
+	MessageViewTimestampFormat    string        `ini:"message-view-timestamp-format"`
+	MessageViewThisDayTimeFormat  string        `ini:"message-view-this-day-time-format"`
+	MessageViewThisWeekTimeFormat string        `ini:"message-view-this-week-time-format"`
+	MessageViewThisYearTimeFormat string        `ini:"message-view-this-year-time-format"`
 	ShowHeaders                   []string      `delim:","`
 	RenderAccountTabs             string        `ini:"render-account-tabs"`
 	PinnedTabMarker               string        `ini:"pinned-tab-marker"`
@@ -695,6 +699,19 @@ func parseUiConfig(section *ini.Section, config *UIConfig) error {
 		config.CompletionDelay = dur
 	}
 
+	if config.MessageViewTimestampFormat == "" {
+		config.MessageViewTimestampFormat = config.TimestampFormat
+	}
+	if config.MessageViewThisDayTimeFormat == "" {
+		config.MessageViewThisDayTimeFormat = config.TimestampFormat
+	}
+	if config.MessageViewThisWeekTimeFormat == "" {
+		config.MessageViewThisWeekTimeFormat = config.TimestampFormat
+	}
+	if config.MessageViewThisDayTimeFormat == "" {
+		config.MessageViewThisDayTimeFormat = config.TimestampFormat
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

doc/aerc-config.5.scd

@@ -121,6 +121,29 @@ These options are configured in the *[ui]* section of aerc.conf.
 
 	Default: ""
 
+*message-view-timestamp-format*
+	If set, overrides *timestamp-format* for the message view.
+
+	Default: ""
+
+*message-view-this-day-time-format*
+	If set, overrides *timestamp-format* in the message view for messages
+	that were received/sent today.
+
+	Default: ""
+
+*message-view-this-week-time-format*
+	If set, overrides *timestamp-format* in the message view for messages
+	that were recieved/sent within the last 7 days.
+
+	Default: ""
+
+*message-view-this-year-time-format*
+	If set, overrides *timestamp-format* in the message view for messages
+	that were received/sent this year.
+
+	Default: ""
+
 *sidebar-width*
 	Width of the sidebar, including the border. Set to zero to disable the
 	sidebar.

lib/format/format.go

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func ParseMessageFormat(format string, timeFmt string, thisDayTimeFmt string,
 			}
 			retval = append(retval, 's')
 			args = append(args,
-				dummyIfZeroDate(date.Local(),
+				DummyIfZeroDate(date.Local(),
 					timeFmt, thisDayTimeFmt,
 					thisWeekTimeFmt, thisYearTimeFmt))
 		case 'D':
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func ParseMessageFormat(format string, timeFmt string, thisDayTimeFmt string,
 			}
 			retval = append(retval, 's')
 			args = append(args,
-				dummyIfZeroDate(date.Local(),
+				DummyIfZeroDate(date.Local(),
 					timeFmt, thisDayTimeFmt,
 					thisWeekTimeFmt, thisYearTimeFmt))
 		case 'f':
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ handle_end_error:
 		errors.New("reached end of string while parsing message format")
 }
 
-func dummyIfZeroDate(date time.Time, format string, todayFormat string,
+func DummyIfZeroDate(date time.Time, format string, todayFormat string,
 	thisWeekFormat string, thisYearFormat string,
 ) string {
 	if date.IsZero() {

widgets/msgviewer.go

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func NewMessageViewer(acct *AccountView,
 	hf := HeaderLayoutFilter{
 		layout: HeaderLayout(conf.Viewer.HeaderLayout),
 		keep: func(msg *models.MessageInfo, header string) bool {
-			return fmtHeader(msg, header, "2") != ""
+			return fmtHeader(msg, header, "2", "3", "4", "5") != ""
 		},
 	}
 	layout := hf.forMessage(msg.MessageInfo())
@@ -61,8 +61,14 @@ func NewMessageViewer(acct *AccountView,
 			hv := &HeaderView{
 				conf: conf,
 				Name: header,
-				Value: fmtHeader(msg.MessageInfo(), header,
-					acct.UiConfig().TimestampFormat),
+				Value: fmtHeader(
+					msg.MessageInfo(),
+					header,
+					acct.UiConfig().MessageViewTimestampFormat,
+					acct.UiConfig().MessageViewThisDayTimeFormat,
+					acct.UiConfig().MessageViewThisWeekTimeFormat,
+					acct.UiConfig().MessageViewThisYearTimeFormat,
+				),
 				uiConfig: acct.UiConfig(),
 			}
 			showInfo := false
@@ -142,7 +148,9 @@ func NewMessageViewer(acct *AccountView,
 	return mv
 }
 
-func fmtHeader(msg *models.MessageInfo, header string, timefmt string) string {
+func fmtHeader(msg *models.MessageInfo, header string,
+	timefmt string, todayFormat string, thisWeekFormat string, thisYearFormat string,
+) string {
 	if msg == nil || msg.Envelope == nil {
 		return "error: no envelope for this message"
 	}
@@ -161,7 +169,13 @@ func fmtHeader(msg *models.MessageInfo, header string, timefmt string) string {
 	case "Bcc":
 		return format.FormatAddresses(msg.Envelope.Bcc)
 	case "Date":
-		return msg.Envelope.Date.Local().Format(timefmt)
+		return format.DummyIfZeroDate(
+			msg.Envelope.Date.Local(),
+			timefmt,
+			todayFormat,
+			thisWeekFormat,
+			thisYearFormat,
+		)
 	case "Subject":
 		return msg.Envelope.Subject
 	case "Labels":
@@ -686,7 +700,7 @@ func (pv *PartViewer) writeMailHeaders() {
 		}
 		// virtual header
 		if len(info.Labels) != 0 {
-			labels := fmtHeader(info, "Labels", "")
+			labels := fmtHeader(info, "Labels", "", "", "", "")
 			_, err := pv.pagerin.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Labels: %s\n", labels)))
 			if err != nil {
 				logging.Errorf("failed to write to stdin of pager: %v", err)