GNU bug report logs - #8978
No complete guide to article marks / gnus-summary-line-format underdocumented

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 17:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 8978 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 8978 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: No complete guide to article marks / gnus-summary-line-format
	underdocumented
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:25:25 +0200

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> The docs for gnus-summary-line-format mention that "%U" produces "R",
> "K", "-", or " ".  However, they fail to mention "r", for example.  The
> first clue I could find about that mark was in "9.18.4 Spam and Ham
> Processors" of all places, where it drops the hint that "r" means
> "explicit delete" (!).  Users *really* need a little table that gives a
> complete guide to the built-in marks, so that when they look at the
> summary buffer, they know what it means.

I've now made the doc string for that variable link to
"(gnus)Read Articles", which lists all the marks, I think.

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