* Sort groups in topic descending by name
@ 2014-12-07 23:14 Nikolaus Rath
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From: Nikolaus Rath @ 2014-12-07 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hello,
I would like to sort the groups in one topic by descending name, and in
another topic by ascending name.
It sounds simply, but I just can't figure it out.
G S a in the group buffer always sorts all groups, even if I first set
the process mark on one topic.
C-u G S a sorts by descending name, but the documentation says this
should happen when I give it a symbolic, rather than numeric prefix.
M-i is supposed to give me a symbolic prefix, but is actually bound to
tab-to-tab-stop.
G P a does, as far as I can tell, nothing at all, no matter if I mark
some groups and if I give it a prefix.
Can someone give me a hint?
Thanks!
-Nikolaus
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* Re: Sort groups in topic descending by name
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@ 2014-12-08 1:44 ` Emanuel Berg
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From: Emanuel Berg @ 2014-12-08 1:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> writes:
> I would like to sort the groups in one topic by
> descending name, and in another topic by ascending
> name.
>
> It sounds simply
No - it sounds complicated and unnecessary :)
> G S a in the group buffer always sorts all groups,
> even if I first set the process mark on one topic.
The docs doesn't say anything about mark in Emacs 24.4
(and `gnus-version' 5.13):
(gnus-group-sort-groups-by-alphabet &optional REVERSE)
Sort the group buffer alphabetically by group name.
If REVERSE, sort in reverse order.
> C-u G S a sorts by descending name, but the
> documentation says this should happen when I give it
> a symbolic, rather than numeric prefix.
Perhaps we have different documentations because what
I see is the above. It doesn't say anything about the
influence of the numeric argument (which it should, I
think, even though it is a common interface in the
Emacs world).
> M-i is supposed to give me a symbolic prefix, but is
> actually bound to tab-to-tab-stop.
Yes - your docs are creative. But check out
`gnus-symbolic-argument' if (?) you need that:
(gnus-symbolic-argument &optional ARG)
Read a symbolic argument and a command, and then
execute command.
> G P a does, as far as I can tell, nothing at all, no
> matter if I mark some groups and if I give it a
> prefix.
It does something for me on `C-u G P a'.
Here is a good opportunity to develop your jedi-master
skills because it seems both the numeric and the
symbolic prefixes are at play:
(gnus-group-sort-selected-groups-by-alphabet
&optional N REVERSE)
Sort the group buffer alphabetically by group
name. Obeys the process/prefix convention. If
REVERSE (the symbolic prefix), sort in reverse
order.
"Obeys the process/prefix convention." :)
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