bug#44705: 27.1; better syntax for gnus-article-date-headers

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

> Let's see if the output of
>
> (set-variable 'gnus-article-date-headers '(combined-local-lapsed original))
>
>     Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:06:47 +0800 (3 days, 2 hours, 57 minutes ago)
>     Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 20:06:47 -0600
>
> could be put onto one line:
>
>     Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:06:47 +0800 (3 days, 2 hours, 57 minutes
> ago) (Fri, 13 Nov 2020 20:06:47 -0600)
>
> It could, if the much better syntax
>
> (local " (" elapsed ")" " (" original ")")
>
> were allowed!

Sorry; I don't think this would be generally useful.  If you want such a
date display, you can easily write a function display the date header
any way you want.

Closing.

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