From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/38795 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: [Suggestion] Groups of Format Variables Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:32:54 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Message-ID: Reply-To: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035174602 24385 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 04:30:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 17908 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2001 17:31:30 -0000 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (195.204.10.139) by gnus.org with SMTP; 17 Sep 2001 17:31:30 -0000 Original-Received: (from news@localhost) by quimby.gnus.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA07369 for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:31:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pppin88.max-hochsimmer.rz-online.net Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1000747882 30905 212.7.169.88 (17 Sep 2001 17:31:22 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Sep 2001 17:31:22 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) XEmacs/21.4 (Academic Rigor) Hamster/1.3.22.103 X-Face: "?Hv7MyYveeGDm66,O\f[l6!L*,`Q)c&3'8{9UGIM`EO8<3ASfX`8}W+u;F},&V%/y+cz(z&spQ(`CkKzCJY/@0R]aM#[W7*$(,QA-oO0f}Z2S0Y0~b5}|XDhQds[9}=t$Hf%G2c;zR%;$"~eI+dw3Gy!xKw=oduK(-, Original-Lines: 36 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:38795 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:38795 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. This option would allow summaries with a table-like structure like this: O > Verzeichnisse | 8 |Martin Koch |15-Sep |0 OA +-> ... | 24 |Jens Bethkowsky |15-Sep |0 O | \-> ... | 15 |Frank Schmitt |15-Sep |9999 R. | \-> ... | 23 |Jens Bethkowsky |15-Sep |5000 R. +-> ... | 25 |Volker Gringmuth |15-Sep |0 R. \-> ... | 19 |Sven Gottwald |15-Sep |0 OA > gnus optisch anpassen (Summary) | 20 |Marc 'HE' Brockschmi |15-Sep |0 O +-> ... | 36 |Frank Schmitt |15-Sep |9999 R. | \-> ... | 54 |Marc 'HE' Brockschmi |15-Sep |5000 R. | +-> ... | 45 |Jens Bethkowsky |15-Sep |5000 . | \-> ... | 62 |Patric Mueller |16-Sep |5000 that's how most graphical newsreaders do it and it looks much more pleasant to me than the normal way. Is there anybody out there who is able and willing to implement this? P.S. I did the above by a dirty hack, but it's really nothing for the public and a more general solution would be great. -- One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. 20. Dezember 2001