Re: How to display dormant articles in a summary buffer?

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:

>>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
>>>>>> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>:
>
>>> That seems like the exact behavior you get with plain old read articles,
>>> though, doesn't it? (I also have never really known what "dormant" meant.)
>
>> Dormant articles stay hidden until you get a reply, so they don't
>> clutter up your summary buffer the way ticked articles do.
>
>> Read articles just stay hidden when you get a reply, you have to use ^
>> to see the articles replied to.
>
> "And why not just use '^'...?" is probably the next question? :-)
>
> Well, I score up my own postings and that means that when a thread
> containing my own postings in them get visible because there is a new
> reply that "wakes" them, then that thread is scored up and is shown
> earlier. 

Okay, interesting -- thanks for the explanation!