From 09879c82b268916aefff8b120ed39e25d3ea47cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:54:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 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). --- lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file 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) -- 2.39.2