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authorBence Ferdinandy <bence@ferdinandy.com>2023-02-02 19:39:58 +0100
committerRobin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>2023-02-12 00:39:18 +0100
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templates: add initials function
When listing all addresses with names, in for example the To field, one might end up with a very long string. Add the initials function, which extracts the names from addresses and then shortens each of them to the initials of the name. Signed-off-by: Bence Ferdinandy <bence@ferdinandy.com> Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
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@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ aerc provides the following additional functions:
{{index (.To | names) 0}}
```
+*initials*
+ Extracts the initials from the names part from a mail.Address list. If
+ there is no name available, the first letter of the email address is
+ returned instead.
+
+ ```
+ {{.To | initials | join ", "}}
+ {{index (.To | initials) 0}}
+ ```
+
*emails*
Extracts the addresses part from a mail.Address list.