Re: gnus-summary-make-false-root 'adopt

[Jack Vinson <vinson@unagi.cis.upenn.edu>]

> Jack Vinson <vinson@unagi.cis.upenn.edu> writes:
JV> However, with one of my mailing lists that I get in digest mode, the
JV> messages are collected in reverse order in the Digest.  As a result, the
JV> actual thread head is /after/ the replies when I open the digest.  As a
JV> result, Gnus simply makes one of the replies the adopted parent.

I've discovered the source of the problem I am having.  The real solution
is to create a new variable with a name like
gnus-thread-gathered-threads-sort-functions which is similar to
gnus-thread-sort-functions.  

This function is defined in gnus-sum:
(defun gnus-sort-gathered-threads (threads)
  "Sort subtreads inside each gathered thread by article number."
  (let ((result threads))
    (while threads
      (when (stringp (caar threads))
	(setcdr (car threads)
		(sort (cdar threads) 'gnus-thread-sort-by-number)))
      (setq threads (cdr threads)))
    result))

Obviously, each subthread is sorted by its article number.  If I change
this to sort by date, then my specific problem disappears.  

Is a new variable even useful here, or should I just make the change in my
own code?


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