From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82014 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: gnus-summary-limit-to-author, can we change it? Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:08:31 +0800 Message-ID: <87ipdwjucw.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <871uklkz33.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87629xf8c3.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341882576 27329 80.91.229.3 (10 Jul 2012 01:09:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:09:36 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30284@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Jul 10 03:09:34 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 1SoOxK-0005cO-2X for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:09:34 +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 1SoOwf-0005P2-MF; Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:08:53 -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 1SoOwe-0005Op-4F for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:08:52 -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 1SoOwc-00086v-Ew for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:08:51 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SoOwa-0001Bm-EW for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:08:48 +0200 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SoOwU-0004Qv-E7 for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:08:42 +0200 Original-Received: from 50-56-99-223.static.cloud-ips.com ([50.56.99.223]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:08:42 +0200 Original-Received: from eric by 50-56-99-223.static.cloud-ips.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:08:42 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 50-56-99-223.static.cloud-ips.com X-Pgp-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xC98BAE7B99D0D373 X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 8E19 28A9 2B51 0C67 565D DB34 C98B AE7B 99D0 D373 User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:i9oK8J1raDns/tqdjb04oTMafh4= X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:82014 Archived-At: On Mon, Jul 09 2012, Tassilo Horn wrote: > 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. Patches! What did you do specifically? -- GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-07-08 on pellet Ma Gnus v0.6