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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Update topic unread counts on group exit?
Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 11:32:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tua5p2rk.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h7655fj5.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk>

Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:

> Eric writes:
>
>>> Is there a way to get Gnus to update the counts automatically on group
>>> exit as well?
>
>> It looks to me like you could add a function to
>> `gnus-summary-exit-hook', which calls
>> `gnus-topic-update-topics-containing-group' on the value of
>> `gnus-newsgroup-name'. At that stage in summary exit,
>> `gnus-newsgroup-name' won't have been cleared yet, so it should still
>> hold the name of the group you're coming out of.
>
> Any reason for Gnus not to do that by default?

I can't think of any reason off the top of my head. It's not like it's
such a costly procedure. gnus-topic is a little fiddly about how it
hooks into the rest of the Gnus machinery, but it shouldn't be hard to
figure out.

> I will see if I can get your suggestion going after dinner :-)

It ought to work without the hacky dance, but I'll be curious to hear!



      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-05-04 18:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-04 17:35 Adam Sjøgren
2022-05-04 17:58 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-05-04 18:17   ` Adam Sjøgren
2022-05-04 18:23     ` Adam Sjøgren
2022-05-04 19:51       ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-05-04 21:16         ` Adam Sjøgren
2022-05-04 21:44         ` Adam Sjøgren
2022-05-05  1:00           ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-05-05  4:36             ` Adam Sjøgren
2022-05-04 18:32     ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]

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