Re: Summary buffer lines howto?

[Oliver Heins]

Simo Lahteinen <fake.fake@hotmail.com> writes:

> Gnus manual (section 3.1.1: Summary Buffer Lines) states very briefly
> that when using %B in gnus-summary-line-format it is possible to make
> things look better:
>
>   "Note that it is possible to make the thread display look really
>    neat by replacing the default ASCII characters with graphic
>    line-drawing glyphs."
>
> How would this happen in practise?
>
> I am using Win XP SP2. 

Don't know if it works under *Windows* Emacsen, but here looks 

;; Grafische Bäume
;(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-root "\x490b3 ")                           ; "> " 
(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-root "\x4912f ")                           ; "> " 
;(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-false-root "\x490b3 ")                     ; "> " 
(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-false-root "\x490f8 ")                     ; "> " 
(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-indent "  ")                        ; "" 
(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-leaf-with-other "\x4903c\x49020\x490fa ")  ; "+-> " 
;(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-leaf "\x49034\x49020\x490fb ")      ; "\\-> 
" 
(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-leaf "\x490b0\x49020\x490fa ")      ; "\\-> " 
(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-vertical "\x49022")                        ; "| " 

very nice.  The commented lines are alternatives you might want to
choose.

You have to add %B to your summary buffer line to make it work, of
course.


olli

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