Re: Gnus vs Wanderlust

[colin.rafferty@morganstanley.com]

Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> colin.rafferty@morganstanley.com writes:

>> There are two basic problems with how Gnus does this:

>> 1. It does not cache summary layout information.  When it builds a
>>    summary, it has to start from scratch.  WL always caches, and VM is
>>    optionally able to cache.

> The reason is that new articles might change a lot in the summary
> buffer.  Note that you can display things like thread score, and if a
> thread gains a message, its score will change...

I understand completely.  While newsgroups and discussion lists are
something that I would want to score, and only show the unread
articles, I do not want any funky sorting in my primary inbox other
than sort by date and use threads.

>> 2. Its method of reloading a group is to tear down the summary and lay
>>    it out again, rather than applying a delta.  WL and VM both use
>>    deltas, so updates are immediate.

> Perhaps `/ N' does useful things?

It would have been nice.  If it really just updated the summary, I
would have been able to switch to Gnus.

Unfortunately, while it doesn't quit the group and reenter it, it
still rebuilds the Summary.

-- 
Colin