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

> In Format strings like gnus-summary-line-format one can give maximum and
> minimum length for a specific variable, so you can for instance say
> %-20,20f to get a 20 characters wide field containing the from.
>
> It would be great if this was possible for several variables at once, so
> something like {60,-60%B %s} would lead to a field containing the new
> thread identifiers a blank and the subject, which would be exactly 60
> characters wide.

See the "Tabulation" node in the manual.

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