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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2019-09-27 16:54:59 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2019-09-27 16:54:59 +0200
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gnus-thread-ignore-subject doc string clarification
* lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el (gnus-thread-ignore-subject): Document that when not ignoring subjects, sorting will not happen as expected (bug#35513).
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-rw-r--r--lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
index 9d6f4568274..f83977ac5b8 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
@@ -345,9 +345,15 @@ If threads are hidden, you have to run the command
:type 'boolean)
(defcustom gnus-thread-ignore-subject t
- "If non-nil, which is the default, ignore subjects and do all threading based on the Reference header.
+ "If non-nil, ignore subjects when creating threads.
+
If nil, articles that have different subjects from their parents will
-start separate threads."
+start separate threads.
+
+Threads that are split because the subject changes will still be
+sorted as if they were part of the same thread, and
+`gnus-thread-sort-functions' will not apply to these split
+threads."
:group 'gnus-thread
:type 'boolean)