Suggestion for a view

[Matti Koskimies <msk@fishpool.fi>]

I would like to suggest an additional choice of view to Gnus which I think
would provide a nice hierarchical selection. The view would consist of
three windows, with the following layout:

 _____________________
|          |          |
| Headers  |  Groups  |
|__________|__________|
|                     |
|                     |
|    Selected mail    |
|      contents       |
|_____________________|

ie. You could select from a groups buffer in the upper right window, and
you'd get the corresponding headers buffer for that group in the upper
left window. Selecting a header there would show the mail in a message
buffer in the larger lower window.

I know it would probably not be too hard to script the view, but I believe
it would be worth including this sort of overall hierarchy to the default
views. Unless of course, this feature is actually something a 5-year-old
would manage to configure blindfolded while doing cartwheels along a
rooftop's outer edge, in which case I apologise for even bringing it up,
but would appreciate some hints on how to accomplish it. :)


Regards,

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Matti Koskimies                                  Fishpool Creations Ltd
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