Re: how to tick entire thread

[Harry Putnam]

Niels Giesen <niels.giesen@gmail.com> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
>> Is there a command to tick or even better mark dormant a whole thread
>> in one go?
>>
>> I'm probably blind but looking though the available commands with the
>> term `tick' in them I didn't find one that appears to do that.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Under the presumption you are talking about gnus, I think you mean:

I inadvertently posted here rather than the gnus group.  Saw my error
and then tried to cancel my post... apparently the cancellation did
not work.

But still got the answer I was after... thanks

> C-M-k runs the command gnus-summary-kill-thread
>   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `gnus-sum.el'.
> It is bound to C-M-k, T k, <menu-bar> <Threads> <Mark thread as read>.
> (gnus-summary-kill-thread &optional UNMARK)
>
> Mark articles under current thread as read.
> If the prefix argument is positive, remove any kinds of marks.
> If the prefix argument is negative, tick articles instead.

Yup thats what I wanted... thanks again