+enum {
+ eUp,
+ eDown,
+ eNone
+};
+
+const char* SortIcons[3] = {
+ "static/up_pointer.gif",
+ "static/down_pointer.gif",
+ "static/sort_none.gif"
+};
+
+ enum {/// SortByEnum
+ eDate,
+ eRDate,
+ eSubject,
+ eRSubject,
+ eSender,
+ eRSender,
+ eReverse,
+ eUnSet
+};
+
+/** SortEnum to plain string representation */
+static const char* SortByStrings[] = {
+ "date",
+ "rdate",
+ "subject",
+ "rsubject",
+ "sender",
+ "rsender",
+ "reverse",
+ "unset"
+};
+
+/** SortEnum to sort-Function Table */
+const QSortFunction SortFuncs[eUnSet] = {
+ summcmp_date,
+ summcmp_rdate,
+ summcmp_subj,
+ summcmp_rsubj,
+ summcmp_sender,
+ summcmp_rsender,
+ summcmp_rdate
+};
+
+/** given a SortEnum, which icon should we choose? */
+const int SortDateToIcon[eUnSet] = { eUp, eDown, eNone, eNone, eNone, eNone, eNone};
+const int SortSubjectToIcon[eUnSet] = { eNone, eNone, eUp, eDown, eNone, eNone, eNone};
+const int SortSenderToIcon[eUnSet] = { eNone, eNone, eNone, eNone, eUp, eDown, eNone};
+
+/** given a SortEnum, which would be the "opposite" search option? */
+const int DateInvertSortString[eUnSet] = { eRDate, eDate, eDate, eDate, eDate, eDate, eDate};
+const int SubjectInvertSortString[eUnSet] = { eSubject, eSubject, eRSubject, eUnSet, eSubject, eSubject, eSubject};
+const int SenderInvertSortString[eUnSet] = { eSender, eSender, eSender, eSender, eRSender, eUnSet, eSender};
+
+
+/**
+ * \Brief Translates sortoption String to its SortEnum representation
+ * \param SortBy string to translate
+ * \return the enum matching the string; defaults to RDate
+ */
+//SortByEnum
+int StrToESort (StrBuf *sortby)
+{
+ int result = eDate;
+
+ if (!IsEmptyStr(ChrPtr(sortby))) while (result < eUnSet){
+ if (!strcasecmp(ChrPtr(sortby),
+ SortByStrings[result]))
+ return result;
+ result ++;
+ }
+ return eRDate;
+}
+
+
+