* mu4e.texi: describe the headers view, with :human-date and :list

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@ -693,19 +693,18 @@ message, followed by a footer line. The major-mode for the the headers view is
@section Overview
An example headers view:
@cartouche
@verbatim
Date V Flgs From/To Subject
2011-12-16 18:38 S To Edmund Dantès + Re: Extensions?
2011-12-16 21:44 S Abbé Busoni + Re: Extensions?
2011-12-17 03:14 SR Pierre Morrel + Re: Extensions?
2011-12-17 04:04 uN Jacopo + Re: Extensions?
2011-12-17 14:36 uN Mercédès + Re: Extensions?
2011-12-18 06:05 uN Beachamp \ Re: Extensions?
2011-12-16 18:23 Ss Albert de Moncerf + Re: [O] A cool tool
2011-12-17 01:53 Sa Gaspard Caderousse \ Re: [O] A cool tool
2011-12-16 16:31 uN Baron Danglars | [O] imaxima?
Date V Flgs From/To List Subject
06:32 Nu To Edmund Dantès GstDev + Re: Gstreamer-V4L...
15:08 Nu Abbé Busoni GstDev + Re: Gstreamer-V...
18:20 Nu Pierre Morrel GstDev \ Re: Gstreamer...
2013-03-18 S Jacopo EmacsUsr + emacs server on win...
2013-03-18 S Mercédès EmacsUsr \ RE: emacs server ...
2013-03-18 S Beachamp EmacsUsr + Re: Copying a whole...
22:07 Nu Albert de Moncerf EmacsUsr \ Re: Copying a who...
2013-03-18 S Gaspard Caderousse GstDev | Issue with GESSimpl...
2013-03-18 Ss Baron Danglars GuileUsr | Guile-SDL 0.4.2 ava...
End of search results
@end verbatim
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@ -722,7 +721,8 @@ messages. If you want to distinguish between 'today' and 'older', you can use
the @t{:date} field instead.
@item You can customize the date and time formats with the variable
@code{mu4e-headers-date-format} and @code{mu4e-headers-time-format},
respectively.
respectively. In the example, we use @code{:human-date}, which shows when the
time when the message was sent today, and the date otherwise.
@item The header field used for sorting is indicated by ``@t{V}'' or
``@t{^}''@footnote{or you can use little graphical triangles; see variable
@code{mu4e-use-fancy-chars}}, indicating the sort order (descending or
@ -737,6 +737,10 @@ changing the variable @code{mu4e-headers-from-or-to-prefix} (a cons cell)}, as
in the example above). To determine whether a message was sent by you,
@t{mu4e} uses the variable @code{mu4e-user-mail-address-list}, a list of
your e-mail addresses.
@item The 'List' field shows the mailing-list a message is sent to;
@code{mu4e} tries to create a convenient shortcut for the mailing-list name;
the variable @code{mu4e-user-mailing-lists} can be used to add your own
shortcuts.
@item The letters in the 'Flags' field correspond to the following: D=@emph{draft},
F=@emph{flagged} (i.e., 'starred'), N=@emph{new}, P=@emph{passed} (i.e.,
forwarded), R=@emph{replied}, S=@emph{seen}, T=@emph{trashed},
@ -2845,11 +2849,10 @@ can also use functions like @code{mu4e-headers-mark-thread} (@key{T}),
time, and @code{mu4e-headers-mark-pattern} (@key{%}) to mark all messages
matching a certain regular expression.
@item @emph{@t{mu4e} seems to return a subset of all matches - how can I get
all?} For speed reasons, @t{mu4e} returns only up to the value of the
variable @code{m4ue-search-result-limit} (default: 500) matches. To show
@emph{all}, use @kbd{M-x mu4e-headers-toggle-full-search}, or customize
the variable @code{mu4e-headers-full-search}. This applies to all search
commands.
all?} For speed reasons, @t{mu4e} returns only up to the value of the variable
@code{m4ue-search-result-limit} (default: 500) matches. To show @emph{all},
use @kbd{M-x mu4e-headers-toggle-full-search} (@key{Q}), or customize the
variable @code{mu4e-headers-full-search}. This applies to all search commands.
@item @emph{How can I get notifications when receiving mail?} There is
@code{mu4e-index-updated-hook}, which gets triggered when the indexing process
triggered sees an update (not just new mail though). To use this hook, put