Re: sort-by-author

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Tue, 20 May 2008 14:42:51 -0700 (PDT) imputerate <imputerate@gmail.com> 
wrote: 

i> 7/ so, does that mean that my summary buffer,

i> -uu1:---F1  Gnus: privat:m.misc [0] {7308 more}   Top L1     (Summary
i> Plugged)---------

i>  isn't dealing with threads or even with articles?

The summary buffer (by the way, what you've shown is called the buffer's
modeline) displays the articles.  The articles can be displayed with or
without threads.  To enable threads by default and always show them
sorted by inverse order of arrival and total score, do:

(setq
 gnus-thread-hide-subtree t
 gnus-thread-sort-functions '((not gnus-thread-sort-by-number)
                              gnus-thread-sort-by-total-score)
 gnus-show-threads t)

in your startup file.  This will also (the first setting) hide the
thread tree until you read an article in the thread, which most people
like.  There are other gnus-thread-sort-* functions, you can just plug
them in as shown (the manual has some examples too).

Ted