Re: Select first *unseen* unread message in summary buffer?

[Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net>]

On Tue, 04 Dec 2001, Matt Armstrong wrote:
> Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net> writes:
> 
>> Hey y'all. I am curious to know if there is as (easy) way to get Gnus
>> to put point on the first /unseen/ and unread article in a summary
>> buffer.
>>
>> Basically, what I want is that when I enter the group, Gnus places
>> point after the article that I have not read but have seen, by
>> default.
>>
>> This way I can have articles sitting there for attention but not
>> focus them if I, for example, 'n n' in the previous group.
> 
> I'm a little confused.  What do you mean by "unseen"?  

I mean an article that has the unseen mark next to it. The little '.'
character, for reference, that's available in a fairly modern Gnus for
nnml mail. :)

> Gnus makes a distinction between read and unread, with every article
> state other than unread implying that the article has been read.

Yes, it does. It /also/ tracks if this is the first time that a message
has been shown in a summary buffer and shows the '.' if it has not.

So, it's not all that uncommon for me to enter a group and see three
marked messages (*), two unread and two unread-but-seen-before messages.

        Daniel

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