Re: Date timer in Gnus article buffers

[Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

Hi!

>> Does the Date: field in the article buffer really need to show the
>> time elapsed down to the number of seconds?
>
> No.  It's mainly that way to root out problems with buffer movement
> when the contents change.  If it updates once a minute, it makes
> glitches appear totally incomprehensible, while when it happens every
> second, it's clear what the culprit is.
>
> But I think we've now covered all the problems associated with
> updating the buffer from a timer (there hasn't been a bug report in
> this area for at least a month, I think), so it's probably time to
> switch the default to not show the seconds.

Oh, I still have the problem that killing from an article buffer
frequently kills the wrong text (Date: until beginnig of my region, or
beginnig of message till Date:).  In that case, I have to yank twice to
get my region.

Bye,
Tassilo
-- 
Sent from my Emacs