Re: thread tree misdisplays

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>]

Karl Kleinpaste <karl@jprc.com> writes:

> 1. The use of boldface font for the names in *Tree* display entries
> means that the lines defining the tree branches do not line up with
> the entries themselves.  That is, the lines of display connecting
> entries are plain-font [-\]* strings, but when one has scored a
> subject higher, all the entries are boldfaced, and so the entries
> themselves don't line up properly among those plain-font [-\]*
> connectivity strings.  Can the font used in the *Tree* buffer be
> forced to a plain state in all cases?

Hm...  Perhaps you could switch to a font in the Tree buffer where the
bold chars have the same width as the unbolded ones?  

Gnus uses the same rules for highlighting the tree nodes as the thread
display, so you can get rid of the boldness by fiddling with
`gnus-summary-highlight'. 

> 2. Again because of boldface (it appears), if the thread is very wide
> in *Tree* (very tall in *Summary*), then one can find oneself looking
> at an article such that no entry in the visible portion of *Tree* is
> highlighted -- the would-be highlighted entry is beyond the right edge
> of what the buffer displays.

Hm...  Gnus tries to recenter the tree buffer vertically and
horizontally, but perhaps it gets confused when not all the chars have
the same width?

> 3. Lastly, if a thread is very tall in *Tree* (very wide in
> *Summary*), *Tree* flickers back and forth as one moves from one
> article to the next, between showing an entry and then showing the top
> line of the *Tree* buffer.  I would think it should move the buffer
> down so that the highlighted name is remains visible.

Try setting `gnus-xmas-force-redisplay' to nil...

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