Specify total length of subject in summary line

Specify total length of subject in summary line

[Kai Großjohann]

Some people might like to put something to the right of the subject.
But in order to look good, the thread indentation should be taken
into account.

So wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to (conveniently) specify a
total width for %I plus %s?

Maybe a specifier X that includes %I and %s?  Then people can write
"%-50,50X" to get what they want.  Or something.

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Re: Specify total length of subject in summary line

[Frank Schmitt]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Some people might like to put something to the right of the subject.
> But in order to look good, the thread indentation should be taken
> into account.
>
> So wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to (conveniently) specify a
> total width for %I plus %s?
>
> Maybe a specifier X that includes %I and %s?  Then people can write
> "%-50,50X" to get what they want.  Or something.

There is a way already, try this:

(setq gnus-summary-line-format ":%U%R %B %s %-60=|%4L |%-20,20f |%&user-date; \n")

resulting in 

 .   \->  ...                                              |  36 |ShengHuo ZHU         |Sat  2:01 
: .     \->  ...                                            |  73 |John A. Martin       |Sat  6:07 
: .       \->  ...                                          |  13 |Kai Großjohann       |Sat 18:33 
: .         \->  ...                                        |  42 |John A. Martin       |Sat 21:51 
: .           \->  ...                                      |  14 |Kai Großjohann       |Sat 22:50 
: .    Re: Error while entering an nnimap group             |  29 |Kai Großjohann       |Fri 16:59 
: .    Re: gnus-inhibit-mime-unbuttonizing is useful but und|  14 |Kai Großjohann       |Fri 17:20 
: .    Re: UTF-8 breakage                                   |  25 |Matthias Andree      |Fri 13:44 
:R. >  Re: Can't start CVS gnus.                            |  16 |Matthias Andree      |Fri 22:54 
: . \->  ...                                                |  13 |Kai Großjohann       |Sat 18:31 
: .    Improve your penis size in just weeks                |  53 |Brent Bartis         | 5:01 
:R.    Specify total length of subject in summary line      |  14 |Kai Großjohann       |Sat 19:20 

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