Response below/inline for email gfp wrote: > (original email sent 21 Jan 2025 at 16:08) > > Hi all, > > thanks very much for helping me. > I tried every hint from all of you and checked what it looks like. > >> My advice was in >>> particular to have a look at the description for the variable which >>> defines the format of the summary line, >>> M-x describe-variable RET gnus-summary-line-format RET > > I read also that. > > What does the number -16,16 say? > │%}%I%(%-16,16f%)
>From the description of the variable, which gives all the directives allowed: %f Contents of the From: or To: headers (string) The numbers (between the % and the f) specify minimum and maximum length for that field and the -indicates that the contents to be padded to the right (so left justified). You can find a description of this in section "Formatting Basics" of the gnus info manual. The %( ... %) indicate that mouse-face property should be used for the enclosed text; this is described in section "Formatting Fonts" of the gnus info manual. There's a lot in the formatting section of the gnus manual, too much to absorb all at once (or even ever...). -- Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 31.0.50 2025-01-06) on Debian 12.8
