Re: Sorting with threads in Gnus

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

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

>> Raghavendra, could you try running the Git version of Gnus and setting
>>
>>   (setq gnus-sort-threads-recursively nil
>>         gnus-thread-sort-functions
>>         '(gnus-thread-sort-by-number
>>           (not gnus-thread-sort-by-date)))
>>
>> That should give you the sorting order you want, i.e., new threads at
>> the top, old threads at the bottom, but inside threads from old to
>> new.
>
> I've installed Gnus from Git, and set the variables as above.  I still
> get the old order for the test thread I'd mentioned in my OP (you can
> find it by doing GG on this group, and then typing "Trouble binding
> Alt").

That's strange.  With the settings above, I get this sorting order which
looks good to me.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
R ┃ +┃Chris Seberino         ┃ ╭●  Trouble binding Alt... <Jul 06 2013 23:18>
R ┃  ┃Pascal J. Bourguignon  ┃  ├──❯   <Jul 07 2013 00:16>
O ┃  ┃Peter Dyballa          ┃  ├──❯   <Jul 07 2013 00:21>
O ┃  ┃Bob Proulx             ┃  ├──❯   <Jul 07 2013 04:44>
O ┃  ┃Yuri Khan              ┃  ├──❯   <Jul 07 2013 05:49>
O ┃  ┃Chris Seberino         ┃  ╰──❯   <Jul 07 2013 07:08>
O ┃  ┃Raffaele Ricciardi     ┃   ├──❯   <Jul 07 2013 14:24>
O ┃  ┃Pascal J. Bourguignon  ┃   ╰──❯   <Jul 07 2013 14:51>
O ┃  ┃Chris Seberino         ┃    ╰──❯   <Jul 07 2013 22:50>
O ┃  ┃Pascal J. Bourguignon  ┃     ╰──❯   <Jul 08 2013 00:06>
O ┃  ┃Pascal J. Bourguignon  ┃      ╰──❯   <Jul 07 2013 14:49>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I also have

  (setq gnus-sort-gathered-threads-function 'gnus-thread-sort-by-date)

but using the default value of 'gnus-thread-sort-by-number results in
the very same order.

I think, you are still running the emacs builtin version of Gnus.  At
least your last posting still said

  User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

where it should be

  User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

for the git version of Gnus.

Bye,
Tassilo