Re: how can I keep gnus from Hiding All Threads when open a group

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> I notice when I open a group, gnus hides all threads seemingly
> automatically.
>
> But when opening really large groups; 12,000 and up, even 50,000 msgs
> that process of hiding all threads can become a hefty time sink.
>
> Even when unplugged and all the messages are already downloaded.
>
> How could I go about telling gnus to leave the threads unhidden or
> would that have the effect I'm hoping for... i.e. speeding up opening
> really large groups.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "hiding" -- do you mean the threads
are folded? Like you only see the top message in the thread and have to
expand it to see the rest?

Anyway, I doubt this is the source of the slowdown -- asking Gnus to
display 50,000 messages in a summary buffer is going to be slow no
matter what. Turning off threading altogether should help some, but
that's all I can say.

Eric