Re: Select first *unseen* unread message in summary buffer?

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

Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net> writes:

> I probably can, but I would rather implement a more flexible interface
> to selecting the first article, I admit. :)

`gnus-auto-select-first' is the variable that controls this, and it's
a bit of a mess.

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gnus-auto-select-first's value is 
gnus-summary-first-unread-subject

Documentation:
*If nil, don't select the first unread article when entering a group.
If this variable is `best', select the highest-scored unread article
in the group.  If t, select the first unread article.

This variable can also be a function to place point on a likely
subject line.  Useful values include `gnus-summary-first-unread-subject',
`gnus-summary-first-unread-article' and
`gnus-summary-best-unread-article'.

If you want to prevent automatic selection of the first unread article
in some newsgroups, set the variable to nil in
`gnus-select-group-hook'.
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So, it really controls two things at once.

1) It says what subject line to place point on
2) It says whether that article should be selected as well

That's nasty.

I suggest splitting this up into two variables.

1) gnus-auto-select-subject, which says what subject line point
   should be placed on
2) gnus-auto-select-article, which says whether the article should
   be selected

Better variable names should be selected, but I think I'll just go
ahead and make this change.  The variables can get their default
values from the obsolete `gnus-auto-select-first' variable, if that's
set.
   
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