Re: [Pan-users] About watched, read and unread colors.

[Duncan]

On Wed 26 Mar 2003 01:59, Maurizio Colucci posted as excerpted below:
> Hello,
>
> Some time ago we talked about an issue about the colors of watched
> messages: if you watch a thread you can't understand if the messages
> inside it are read or unread.
>
> (The problem is significant for offline users, who only read watched
> messages, because watching a thread is the only way Pan offers to
> auto-download the bodies...)
>
> I just wanted to know if some kind of solution is planned :-P
> Charles, descend upon us.

The whole watched/normal/ignored thread thing is changing now, within the 
context of scoring, as in the 0.14 betas (0.13.9x).  Basically, "watched" is 
being redefined as scored "very high" (normally 9999), while "ignored" is 
being redefined as low scored (normally negative, the threshholds are 
configurable, however).  I believe that within that context, read/unread 
status should now be visible as well, but don't personally use either scoring 
or watched/ignored, only binary keep/delete type filters, which fit my needs 
just fine, so can't verify that personally.

Anyway, with the whole thing in flux right now, discussing the old behavior is 
a bit pointless, and the new behavior isn't settled down enough to describe 
with any finality either, so your best bet is to either jump in on the beta 
and give feedback on it, if you aren't afraid of the instability, or wait for 
0.14.0 stable and see if it solves your problem, if you don't want to run 
betas.

-- 
Duncan
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