--- mutt-1.5.6/PATCHES~	never
+++ mutt-1.5.6/PATCHES	Mon Feb  9 22:50:13 CST 2004
@@ -1,0 +1 @@
+patch-1.5.6.dgc.softfill.2
diff -Pur mutt-1.5.6-base/init.h mutt-1.5.6-dgc.softfill.2/init.h
--- mutt-1.5.6-base/init.h	Sun Feb  1 11:15:17 2004
+++ mutt-1.5.6-dgc.softfill.2/init.h	Mon Feb  9 22:50:11 2004
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
   ** .dt %u  .dd unlink (=to delete) flag
   ** .dt %>X .dd right justify the rest of the string and pad with character "X"
   ** .dt %|X .dd pad to the end of the line with character "X"
+  ** .dt %=XY .dd soft-fill %Y, padding with character "X"
   ** .de
   */
   { "attach_sep",	DT_STR,	 R_NONE, UL &AttachSep, UL "\n" },
@@ -562,6 +563,7 @@
   ** .dt %u  .dd owner name (or numeric uid, if missing)
   ** .dt %>X .dd right justify the rest of the string and pad with character "X"
   ** .dt %|X .dd pad to the end of the line with character "X"
+  ** .dt %=XY .dd soft-fill %Y, padding with character "X"
   ** .de
   */
   { "followup_to",	DT_BOOL, R_NONE, OPTFOLLOWUPTO, 1 },
@@ -937,6 +939,7 @@
   **                function ``strftime''; a leading bang disables locales.
   ** .dt %>X    .dd right justify the rest of the string and pad with character "X"
   ** .dt %|X    .dd pad to the end of the line with character "X"
+  ** .dt %=XY .dd soft-fill %Y, padding with character "X"
   ** .de
   ** .pp
   ** See also: ``$$to_chars''.
@@ -2433,6 +2436,7 @@
   ** .dt %V  .dd currently active limit pattern, if any *
   ** .dt %>X .dd right justify the rest of the string and pad with "X"
   ** .dt %|X .dd pad to the end of the line with "X"
+  ** .dt %=XY .dd soft-fill %Y, padding with character "X"
   ** .de
   ** .pp
   ** * = can be optionally printed if nonzero
diff -Pur mutt-1.5.6-base/muttlib.c mutt-1.5.6-dgc.softfill.2/muttlib.c
--- mutt-1.5.6-base/muttlib.c	Sun Feb  1 11:15:17 2004
+++ mutt-1.5.6-dgc.softfill.2/muttlib.c	Mon Feb  9 22:50:11 2004
@@ -920,8 +920,9 @@
 			unsigned long data,	/* callback data */
 			format_flag flags)	/* callback flags */
 {
-  char prefix[SHORT_STRING], buf[LONG_STRING], *cp, *wptr = dest, ch;
+  char prefix[SHORT_STRING], buf[LONG_STRING], *cp, *wptr = dest, ch, fmtch;
   char ifstring[SHORT_STRING], elsestring[SHORT_STRING];
+  char remainder[LONG_STRING];
   size_t wlen, count, len;
 
   prefix[0] = '\0';
@@ -1042,6 +1043,45 @@
 	}
 	break; /* skip rest of input */
       }
+      else if (ch == '=')
+      {
+	int space, used;
+
+	/* truncate to fit remainder, pad with chr. */
+	ch = *src++;	/* pad chr */
+	fmtch = *src++;	/* format chr to truncate */
+	mutt_FormatString (remainder, sizeof(remainder), src, callback,
+	  data, flags);
+
+	len = mutt_strlen(remainder);
+	space = COLS - wlen - len;
+
+	if (space > 0)
+	{
+	  src = callback (buf, sizeof (buf), fmtch, src, prefix, ifstring, elsestring, data, flags);
+	  memcpy (wptr, buf, space);
+	  used = mutt_strlen(buf);
+
+	  if (used > space)
+	    used = space;
+
+	  wptr += used;
+	  wlen += used;
+
+	  if (space > used)
+	  {
+	    memset (wptr, ch, space - used);
+	    wptr += space - used;
+	    wlen += space - used;
+	  }
+
+	}
+
+	memcpy(wptr, remainder, len);
+	wptr += len;
+	wlen += len;
+      }
+
       else
       {
 	short tolower =  0;