From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82009 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: gnus-summary-limit-to-author, can we change it? Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:05:32 +0200 Message-ID: <87629xf8c3.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <871uklkz33.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341835591 2643 80.91.229.3 (9 Jul 2012 12:06:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 12:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Eric Abrahamsen Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30279@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Jul 09 14:06:30 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SoCjV-0005YS-Hw for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:06:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1SoCil-0001m0-7o; Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:05:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1SoCik-0001lr-AP for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:05:42 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SoCif-0004vh-6N for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:05:42 -0500 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SoCid-0008Jx-36 for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:05:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E86D22A3; Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:05:34 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id A6kj58Jg_98f; Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:05:34 +0200 (CEST) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tassilo@member.fsf.org Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 01893D22A4; Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:05:33 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <871uklkz33.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (Eric Abrahamsen's message of "Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:28:48 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:82009 Archived-At: Eric Abrahamsen writes: > Commit c79df675b50e367e228dde5f417fca33e60814d8 inserts the "from" > address of the message under point as the default address to use when > filtering with `gnus-summary-limit-to-author'. > > I use this function all the time, and so far this behavior has not once > been what I want -- having to delete the default address adds a > cumbersome step to what was once my speediest method of finding recent > messages. Indeed, initial input is frequently annoying. > More user-friendly might be to use the "From" address of the message > under point as a default only if a blank string is given at the prompt. > So you hit `/ a', and you see: > > "Limit to author (regexp, default from@under-point.com): " I've done exactly that right now. Bye, Tassilo