From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23693 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2023 14:42:21 -0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (209.51.188.17) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Oct 2023 14:42:21 -0000 Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1quw84-0004wf-RE; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:42:04 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1quw83-0004wT-OX for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:42:03 -0400 Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1quw81-0006xC-Sl for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:42:03 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1quw7z-0000cR-Ul for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:41:59 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org From: Pankaj Jangid Subject: Re: Correct ordering of items in mail threads Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:11:48 +0530 Message-ID: <874jiho0yb.fsf@codeisgreat.org> References: <877cngr24w.fsf@codeisgreat.org> <87sf623nni.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87lebumy5a.fsf@codeisgreat.org> <871qdm62p0.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87fs22zjht.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> <87wmve4mpb.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87bkcqziyj.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> <87sf624m5v.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87zg09okhs.fsf@codeisgreat.org> <87ttqhy1mx.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wHASqQ0rQkQbRD3cLB02dDS3bXU= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+ml=inbox.vuxu.org@gnu.org Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+ml=inbox.vuxu.org@gnu.org Adam Sjøgren writes: > Pankaj writes: > >> E 20-10-23 23:18 PM [ 107: Victor Giordano ] => Re: [go-nuts] Re: About allowing conversion from bool to int >> O 21-10-23 02:44 AM [ 123: Victor Giordano ] +-> >> O 21-10-23 03:17 AM [ 142: Volker Dobler ] +-> >> O 21-10-23 06:01 AM [ 21: Ian Lance Taylor] +-> >> O 21-10-23 08:44 AM [ 57: Victor Giordano ] +-> >> E 21-10-23 18:27 PM [ 69: Victor Giordano ] +-> >> O 21-10-23 03:44 AM { 179: Victor Giordano } +-> Fwd: [go-nuts] Re: About allowing conversion from bool to int >> >> In the above snapshot, items are still ordered incorrectly. > > Just to make sure: you are expecting the article in the last row to be > shown in the 4th row? No. I want the indentation to be proper. It cannot be child of a later message. > I would expect the reason that the last line is put last is because > the References: header includes the Message-ID of the second to last > article. > > Is that not the case? As we can see this is not possible. Becase the second last message came after the last one. > But wait, the curly braces means "adopted". What does that mean? > > · https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Loose-Threads.html > > What happens if you change the value of gnus-summary-make-false-root? > Perhaps to nil? Wow. Good pointer. The default value of the variable is 'adopt'. I experimented with the other three possible values. And here are the results, along with the quoted docstring > If this variable is ‘adopt’, Gnus will make one of the "children" > the parent and mark all the step-children as such. > If this variable is ‘none’, Gnus will not make a false root, but just > present the sub-threads after another. (setq gnus-summary-make-false-root 'none) --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- E 20-10-23 23:18 PM [ 107: Victor Giordano ] => Re: [go-nuts] Re: About allowing conversion from bool to int O 21-10-23 02:44 AM [ 123: Victor Giordano ] | +-> O 21-10-23 03:17 AM [ 142: Volker Dobler ] | +-> O 21-10-23 06:01 AM [ 21: Ian Lance Taylor] | +-> O 21-10-23 08:44 AM [ 57: Victor Giordano ] | +-> E 21-10-23 18:27 PM [ 69: Victor Giordano ] | +-> O 21-10-23 03:44 AM [ 179: Victor Giordano ] => Fwd: [go-nuts] Re: About allowing conversion from bool to int --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > If this variable is ‘dummy’, Gnus will create a dummy root that will > have all the sub-threads as children. (setq gnus-summary-make-false-root 'dummy) --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- : : Re: [go-nuts] Re: About allowing conversion from bool to int E 20-10-23 23:18 PM [ 107: Victor Giordano ] +-> O 21-10-23 02:44 AM [ 123: Victor Giordano ] | +-> O 21-10-23 03:17 AM [ 142: Volker Dobler ] | +-> O 21-10-23 06:01 AM [ 21: Ian Lance Taylor] | +-> O 21-10-23 08:44 AM [ 57: Victor Giordano ] | +-> E 21-10-23 18:27 PM [ 69: Victor Giordano ] | +-> O 21-10-23 03:44 AM [ 179: Victor Giordano ] +-> Fwd: [go-nuts] Re: About allowing conversion from bool to int --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > If this variable is ‘empty’, the "children" are printed with empty > subject fields. (Or rather, they will be printed with a string given > by the ‘gnus-summary-same-subject’ variable.) (setq gnus-summary-make-false-root 'empty) --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- E 20-10-23 23:18 PM [ 107: Victor Giordano ] => Re: [go-nuts] Re: About allowing conversion from bool to int O 21-10-23 02:44 AM [ 123: Victor Giordano ] | +-> O 21-10-23 03:17 AM [ 142: Volker Dobler ] | +-> O 21-10-23 06:01 AM [ 21: Ian Lance Taylor] | +-> O 21-10-23 08:44 AM [ 57: Victor Giordano ] | +-> E 21-10-23 18:27 PM [ 69: Victor Giordano ] | +-> O 21-10-23 03:44 AM [ 179: Victor Giordano ] => Fwd: [go-nuts] Re: About allowing conversion from bool to int --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I think 'none' and 'empty' works best for the situation. May be I should try each of these for a couple of days and decide.