Re: Gnus configuration

[Edouard Debry <edouard.debry@gmail.com>]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> Hello Edouard,

Hello Michael,


>
>> In my case, I think it is more useful to see any other secondary mark
>> than the cached one, before the cached mark and, see this later only if
>> no other secondary marks apply to the message.
>
> I never have used caching.  It doesn't seem possible out of the box.
>
> The definitions of the format specifiers are in
> `gnus-summary-line-format-alist'.  The format line is calculated in
> `gnus-summary-prepare-threads'.  After reading that code, it doesn't
> seem to be the case that what you want can be gotten by configuration.
>
> So I think you want to define an appropriate "gnus-user-format-function"
> that offers what you want.  AFAIU it can refer to any dynamical bindinds
> in effect when the
>
>   (eval gnus-summary-line-format-spec t)
>
> call in `gnus-summary-prepare-threads' is processed.

Thanks for giving me some hints, I'll look into it

>
>> Another trouble is that, as soon as a message enters the cache, the
>> number of characters (%k) is no more displayed and is replaced by "n/a".
>> Is it possible to configure gnus so as to keep the number of characters
>> event if the article is cached ?
>
> I don't have a clue about this one.  Seems to come from
> `gnus-summary-line-message-size'.  I guess the answer is probably "no".

I am sure it can be done, once an article is cached, it definitely can
be reached by gnus and its number of characters counted ? No ? One could
do it by hand. It looks like a bug.

>
> Regards,
>
> Michael.

Regards

Edouard