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gnus: Pick and Read

 
 3.24.1 Pick and Read
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 Some newsreaders (like ‘nn’ and, uhm, ‘Netnews’ on VM/CMS) use a
 two-phased reading interface.  The user first marks in a summary buffer
 the articles she wants to read.  Then she starts reading the articles
 with just an article buffer displayed.
 
    Gnus provides a summary buffer minor mode that allows
 this—‘gnus-pick-mode’.  This basically means that a few process mark
 commands become one-keystroke commands to allow easy marking, and it
 provides one additional command for switching to the summary buffer.
 
    Here are the available keystrokes when using pick mode:
 
 ‘.’
      Pick the article or thread on the current line
      (‘gnus-pick-article-or-thread’).  If the variable
      ‘gnus-thread-hide-subtree’ is true, then this key selects the
      entire thread when used at the first article of the thread.
      Otherwise, it selects just the article.  If given a numerical
      prefix, go to that thread or article and pick it.  (The line number
      is normally displayed at the beginning of the summary pick lines.)
 
 ‘SPACE’
      Scroll the summary buffer up one page (‘gnus-pick-next-page’).  If
      at the end of the buffer, start reading the picked articles.
 
 ‘u’
      Unpick the thread or article
      (‘gnus-pick-unmark-article-or-thread’).  If the variable
      ‘gnus-thread-hide-subtree’ is true, then this key unpicks the
      thread if used at the first article of the thread.  Otherwise it
      unpicks just the article.  You can give this key a numerical prefix
      to unpick the thread or article at that line.
 
 ‘RET’
      Start reading the picked articles (‘gnus-pick-start-reading’).  If
      given a prefix, mark all unpicked articles as read first.  If
      ‘gnus-pick-display-summary’ is non-‘nil’, the summary buffer will
      still be visible when you are reading.
 
    All the normal summary mode commands are still available in the
 pick-mode, with the exception of ‘u’.  However ‘!’ is available which is
 mapped to the same function ‘gnus-summary-tick-article-forward’.
 
    If this sounds like a good idea to you, you could say:
 
      (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-pick-mode)
 
    ‘gnus-pick-mode-hook’ is run in pick minor mode buffers.
 
    If ‘gnus-mark-unpicked-articles-as-read’ is non-‘nil’, mark all
 unpicked articles as read.  The default is ‘nil’.
 
    The summary line format in pick mode is slightly different from the
 standard format.  At the beginning of each line the line number is
 displayed.  The pick mode line format is controlled by the
 ‘gnus-summary-pick-line-format’ variable (Formatting Variables).
 It accepts the same format specs that ‘gnus-summary-line-format’ does
 (Summary Buffer Lines).
 

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