Gottfried <[email protected]> writes: > ;;gnus-group-line-format "%M\ %S\ %p\ %P\ %5y:%B%(%g%)\n" ;;in > gnus-group.el > > > according to the gnus manual (it seems this is the default) it is > different: > > (setq gnus-group-line-format "%M%S%5y:%B%(%g%)\n") > > it seems to have the same result, or similar. > Does somebody know the difference? I can´t assess that.
This is a good question. If it is mainly the weird "\ %" syntax that irritates you - I don't know what that should be good for, it might just be a historic artifact. You can safely ignore it, because "%M\ %S\ %p\ %P\ %5y:%B%(%g%)\n" and "%M%S%p%P%5y:%B%(%g%)\n" are equivalent. The expression in the manual that you cited above is still slightly different (and probably just a bit outdated). See the description of the character codes for an explanation of that remaining difference. Michael.
