Re: Mutt/Gnus hybrid for mail?

[Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>]

On Tuesday,  9 Dec 2014 at 09:34, Peter Davis wrote:

[...]

>> E
>>
>> These commands do exactly what you want, for me, when both summary and
>> article windows are displayed and summary window is selected.
>
> The 'E' command does not open the next message. It merely moves the
> cursor in the Summary buffer. The Article buffer still displays the

True.  Sorry about that.  I don't often type E as I have total expire
set and all my read messages automatically expire...

> Yes, I'm aware of that. I mentioned this mutt behavior because, if I can
> somehow get gnus to actually display the next message, then being on the
> last message in the Summary would require special handling.

Does it not display the next message with n or space?  Is it only when
you type E that you don't get the behaviour you want?  Maybe do as
others have suggested and look at automatic expiration of emails.

> For me, Summary only shows the unread messages, and not even the rest of
> the threads they belong to (unless I type 'A T').

Again, have you tried the agent?

[...]

>> /spfd RET should do what you want.  You  may need to /o first.  then /w
>> to pop back to previous view.
>>
>
> The 'l' command in mutt is not search, it's limit ... it limits the

From C-h c / s:

  / s runs the command gnus-summary-limit-to-subject

i.e. not search but limit so the same as mutt.  There are a whole set of
/ options.  Type / C-h in the summary window and you'll see them
all.  Unlike mutt (IIRC), these are cumulative but you can pop back out
of each one.

> ;; @see http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Expiring-Mail.html
> ;; press 'E' to expire email
> (setq nnmail-expiry-target "INBOX.Trash")
> (setq nnmail-expiry-wait 'immediate)

You can set individual configurations for groups in the Group buffer by
typing "G c" to bring up a configuration window.

> (setq-default
>      gnus-summary-line-format "%U%R%z %(%&user-date;  %-15,15f  %B%s%)\n"
>      gnus-user-date-format-alist '((t . "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"))
>      gnus-summary-thread-gathering-function 'gnus-gather-threads-by-references

I use 'gnus-gather-threads-by-subject.  Maybe try this to see if the
threads get built up for you?

Are you actually in threaded mode, by the way?  What happens if you type
T T?


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