bug#7103: Gnus thread indentation character customization

bug#7103: Gnus thread indentation character customization

[Esa Peuha]

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The %I specifier of gnus-summary-line-format always indents with spaces
without any way to use a different character. It would be possible to
indent with %B instead of %I, but is seems better to add a customizable
variable (see attached patch).

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=== modified file 'lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el'
--- lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el	2010-09-24 22:33:34 +0000
+++ lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el	2010-09-25 14:28:37 +0000
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@
   :group 'gnus-thread
   :type 'integer)
 
+(defcustom gnus-thread-indent-char ?    ;Whitespace
+  "*Character used for indenting sub-threads."
+  :group 'gnus-thread
+  :type 'character)
+
 (defcustom gnus-auto-extend-newsgroup t
   "*If non-nil, extend newsgroup forward and backward when requested."
   :group 'gnus-summary-choose
@@ -3588,7 +3593,7 @@
 	  gnus-thread-indent-array-level gnus-thread-indent-level)
     (while (>= n 0)
       (aset gnus-thread-indent-array n
-	    (make-string (* n gnus-thread-indent-level) ? ))
+	    (make-string (* n gnus-thread-indent-level) gnus-thread-indent-char))
       (setq n (1- n)))))
 
 (defun gnus-update-summary-mark-positions ()

Re: bug#7103: Gnus thread indentation character customization

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Esa Peuha <esa.peuha@gmail.com> writes:

> The %I specifier of gnus-summary-line-format always indents with
> spaces without any way to use a different character. It would be
> possible to indent with %B instead of %I, but is seems better to add a
> customizable variable (see attached patch).

Well, I think that if people want to change the indentation, then just
substituting one character for another is probably not what most of
those people want.  They want arrows and lines and stuff.  Which they
can achieve with `gnus-tmp-level' and a user-format spec...

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

bug#7103: Gnus thread indentation character customization

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Esa Peuha <esa.peuha@gmail.com> writes:

> The %I specifier of gnus-summary-line-format always indents with
> spaces
> without any way to use a different character. It would be possible to
> indent with %B instead of %I, but is seems better to add a
> customizable
> variable (see attached patch).

I don't think this would be generally all that useful -- if people want
more advanced threading displays, they're likely to want stuff like
|--->
+------->
and the like, so just adding a variable to tweak %I seems superfluous.
So I'm closing this bug report.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen