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Frank Schmitt <usereplyto@Frank-Schmitt.net> writes:

> ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:
> 
>>It is cute, but we'd better let users use %uX instead of adding %q
>>into g-s-l-f-a.  For example, (defalias 'gnus-user-format-function-X
>>'gnus-user-date).
> 
> Why? Do you think too few would use it?

OK. I added the extended spec to gnus-spec.el. So we can use something
like "%&user-date;" or "%&fancy-date;" in the format.

>>A suggestion. Is it better to use a variable like
>>gnus-user-data-format-alist instead of gnus-user-date-format-day and
>>it friends? g-u-d-f-a is a list of cons of elapsed time (or symbol)
>>and format.  For example,
>>
>>(defvar gnus-user-data-format-alist
>>  '((day-in-seconds . "%k:%M")
>>      (604800  . "%a %k:%M")
>>      (t . "%d.%m))
>>     "Blah blah")
> 
> This is a nice idea.

Have you signed FSF paper? If not, I can send you the form.

ShengHuo