>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

LMI> Hm.  I think I must be looking at something else here or something, or
LMI> just misunderstanding how that variable is supposed to work.  :-)

LMI> I mean, his subject header was 54 characters, so wasn't it just chopped
LMI> at 30 characters, leaving lots of room for the rest of the stuff in the
LMI> mode line?  Could you post images of the mode line to let me know what
LMI> it looks like for you with the two settings?

First, it affects the summary mode line, too.

Here is the summary line with nil: