Re: How to define this summary-line-format?

[Frank Schmitt]

leon <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:

> I started using gnus hours ago so please forgive my ignorance. 
>
> This screenshot (http://my.gnus.org/node/316) is absolutely amazing.
> I'm trying to mimic one but have some difficulties.
>
> 1. vertical dashed separation line (`|' doesn't look dashed)
> 2. abbreviated date (i.e. "Mo 13")

Does %&user-date; do what you want?

> 3. very nice threading format

Something like this?

(unless (eq window-system nil)
  (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-root "►")
  (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-leaf-with-other "├─►")
  (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-leaf "└─►")
  (setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-vertical "│"))
(setq gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-indent " ")

and then including %B in gnus-summary-line-format like in
(setq gnus-summary-line-format ":%U%R%B %s %-79= │%4L │%-21,21f 
│%&user-date;\n")

(If you write the unicode characters verbatim in .gnus, remember to put
the lines

;; -*- emacs-lisp -*-
;;coding: mule-utf-8-unix

at the top of .gnus so Emacs knows it's Unicode.)

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