Re: Sorting with threads in Gnus

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

"N. Raghavendra" <raghu@hri.res.in> writes:

> I have
>
> (setq gnus-thread-sort-functions
>      '(gnus-thread-sort-by-number (not gnus-thread-sort-by-date)))

Maybe look at `gnus-sort-gathered-threads-function? Here's what I use:

(setq gnus-thread-sort-functions '(gnus-thread-sort-by-number
				   gnus-thread-sort-by-most-recent-date)
      gnus-sort-gathered-threads-function 'gnus-thread-sort-by-date)

HTH,
Eric

> in my Gnus init file.  This sorts threads the way I want --- decreasing
> order of dates, latest to earliest.  However, it seems to sort messages
> within a thread also in decreasing order of date, as in this example
> from the gmane.emacs.help group:
>
> 01 2013-07-07 02:48   Chris Seberino         > Trouble binding Alt ...
> 02 2013-07-07 10:38   Chris Seberino         |-> 
> 03 2013-07-07 18:21   Pascal J. Bourguigno   | |-> 
> 04 2013-07-08 02:20   Chris Seberino         | | \-> 
> 05 2013-07-08 03:36   Pascal J. Bourguigno   | |   \-> 
> 06 2013-07-07 17:54   Raffaele Ricciardi     | |-> 
> 07 2013-07-07 09:19   Yuri Khan              |-> 
> 08 2013-07-07 08:14   Bob Proulx             |-> 
> 09 2013-07-07 03:51   Peter Dyballa          |-> 
> 10 2013-07-07 03:46   Pascal J. Bourguigno   |-> 
>
> I want the messages in the thread and each subthread to be sorted in
> increasing order of date, like this:
>
> 01 2013-07-07 02:48   Chris Seberino         > Trouble binding Alt ...
> 10 2013-07-07 03:46   Pascal J. Bourguigno   |-> 
> 09 2013-07-07 03:51   Peter Dyballa          |-> 
> 08 2013-07-07 08:14   Bob Proulx             |-> 
> 07 2013-07-07 09:19   Yuri Khan              |-> 
> 02 2013-07-07 10:38   Chris Seberino         \-> 
> 06 2013-07-07 17:54   Raffaele Ricciardi       |-> 
> 03 2013-07-07 18:21   Pascal J. Bourguigno     \-> 
> 04 2013-07-08 02:20   Chris Seberino             \-> 
> 05 2013-07-08 03:36   Pascal J. Bourguigno         \-> 
>
> This is the way it is on the Gmane page of the thread at
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/91990 (with the time zone 3.5
> hours behind the time zone above).  Is there a way to get this
> Gmane-like order (main threads decreasing, all subthreads increasing) in
> Gnus?
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Raghavendra.
>
> PS: I posted this to the gmane.emacs.gnus.user mailing list several days
> ago, with no response.  I am posting this here in case some one here has
> suggestions.