Re: Any way to control which articles Gnus summary shows by default?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> Yes, the whole problem arose from the fact that the write/restore
>> process isn't recursive. In Emacs 26, the process needed to "look
>> deeper" inside the objects, and I thought that in doing that I'd been
>> careful to balance the write and restore process. Apparently I've still
>> failed to get it right -- though now I'm only seeing quote accumulation
>> in the secondary tables, not the main :data table.
>
> Same here: not in :data, but in :tracker.  But the :tracker data
> contains sub-hashtables, while :data doesn't.
>
>> The whole process is ad hoc and largely unnecessary. In #29541 I've
>> started working on a more general solution that would be actually
>> recursive, and also not work so hard. I've had second thoughts about the
>> patch I posted there, but I think the general direction is correct.
>
> What would happen if we just don't add quotes when writing lists?

I don't really know. I've been trying to make the smallest possible fix
for the meantime, while simultaneously working on a more thorough
solution. I can experiment with not writing a quote, but I keep screwing
this up _because_ the system is so convoluted, and poking something over
here results in things falling apart over there. Apparently the
regression tests aren't good enough yet, either. Anyway, I'll try to
come up with something later today.

Eric