* %f of gnus-summary-line-format
@ 1999-01-15 16:13 Michael Cook
1999-01-15 16:21 ` Lee Willis
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From: Michael Cook @ 1999-01-15 16:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
I'm trying to get %f of gnus-summary-line-format working.
The help text says:
%f Contents of the From: or To: headers (string)
So, in my gnus-summary-line-format, I changed the %-20,20n to
%-20,20f. But that change had no apparent effect in the
subsequently-generated *Summary* buffers.
Poking around in gnus-sum.el, I found the function
gnus-summary-from-or-to-or-newsgroups. This function uses the
expression `(mail-header-extra header)' repeatedly. But that
expression always seems to evaluate to nil. And so
gnus-summary-from-or-to-or-newsgroups just always seems to return
the usual `mail-header-from' value.
Am I misunderstanding how %f is supposed to work?
Or is there a bug here somewhere.
(I'm using nnml groups, pgnus-0.69, and EMACS 20.3.1.)
M.
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* Re: %f of gnus-summary-line-format
1999-01-15 16:13 %f of gnus-summary-line-format Michael Cook
@ 1999-01-15 16:21 ` Lee Willis
1999-01-15 16:58 ` Michael Cook
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From: Lee Willis @ 1999-01-15 16:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
Michael Cook <cook@sightpath.com> writes:
> %f Contents of the From: or To: headers (string)
>
> Am I misunderstanding how %f is supposed to work?
> Or is there a bug here somewhere.
Read the thread entitled "using multiple Summary buffer formats"
It should explain some of the things you need to do to get %f do what
you want.
HTH
Lee.
--
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* Re: %f of gnus-summary-line-format
1999-01-15 16:21 ` Lee Willis
@ 1999-01-15 16:58 ` Michael Cook
1999-01-15 21:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Michael Cook @ 1999-01-15 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
> Read the thread entitled "using multiple Summary buffer formats"
Got it. Thanks.
The help text for %f should probably explain that:
--- gnus.el~ Fri Jan 15 11:55:41 1999
+++ gnus.el Fri Jan 15 11:57:17 1999
@@ -1816,6 +1816,10 @@
%A Extracted address of the poster (string)
%F Contents of the From: header (string)
%f Contents of the From: or To: headers (string)
+ You'll probably also want:
+ (setq gnus-extra-headers '(To))
+ (setq nnmail-extra-headers gnus-extra-headers)
+ See also `gnus-ignored-from-addresses'.
%x Contents of the Xref: header (string)
%D Date of the article (string)
%d Date of the article (string) in DD-MMM format
M.
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* Re: %f of gnus-summary-line-format
1999-01-15 16:58 ` Michael Cook
@ 1999-01-15 21:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-01-15 21:42 ` Michael Cook
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1999-01-15 21:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
Michael Cook <cook@sightpath.com> writes:
> The help text for %f should probably explain that:
[...]
> + You'll probably also want:
+ To read the fine manual.
:-)
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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* Re: %f of gnus-summary-line-format
1999-01-15 21:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 1999-01-15 21:42 ` Michael Cook
1999-01-15 23:11 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Michael Cook @ 1999-01-15 21:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Michael Cook <cook@sightpath.com> writes:
>
> > The help text for %f should probably explain that:
>
> [...]
>
> > + You'll probably also want:
> + To read the fine manual.
>
> :-)
Ah, good point.
I'll submit a patch that removes all the help strings.
Watch this space...
:-)
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* Re: %f of gnus-summary-line-format
1999-01-15 21:42 ` Michael Cook
@ 1999-01-15 23:11 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1999-01-15 23:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
Michael Cook <cook@sightpath.com> writes:
> I'll submit a patch that removes all the help strings.
For this particular variable, listing all things that influence all
the format specs is beyond what one can comfortably put in a doc
string. Doc strings are for easy reference when tinkering -- after
you've read the manual.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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