Re: Ideas for .no Gnus

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Frank Schmitt <usereplyto@Frank-Schmitt.net> writes:

> *themes*: It would be quite cool if people could export their settings
>  for the various ...-line-format variables (especially
>  gnus-summary-line-format) to a file so they can easily exchange them,
>  Gnus could also include some predefined sets (e.g. classic, slrn-like,
>  table-format...)
>
> *configuration wizard*: This one is AFAIK already quite high in the todo
>  list of Larsi, my idea would be short questions in the minibuffer and
>  an explanation of what the user is supposed to answer in the active
>  buffer, but there are probably other, better ways of implementing it.

Yes.  :-)

But a configuration wizard could also be used to implement themes,
now that I think about it...

> *images in summary buffer* It would be nice, if it was possible to use
>  small images instead of characters for the different marks in summary
>  buffer.

Emacs is still quite slow when displaying images.  Having a buffer
with several thousand images in it is probably going to be unworkable
for most people.

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