Re: Update topic unread counts on group exit?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:

> Eric writes:
>
>>> Is there a way to get Gnus to update the counts automatically on group
>>> exit as well?
>
>> It looks to me like you could add a function to
>> `gnus-summary-exit-hook', which calls
>> `gnus-topic-update-topics-containing-group' on the value of
>> `gnus-newsgroup-name'. At that stage in summary exit,
>> `gnus-newsgroup-name' won't have been cleared yet, so it should still
>> hold the name of the group you're coming out of.
>
> Any reason for Gnus not to do that by default?

I can't think of any reason off the top of my head. It's not like it's
such a costly procedure. gnus-topic is a little fiddly about how it
hooks into the rest of the Gnus machinery, but it shouldn't be hard to
figure out.

> I will see if I can get your suggestion going after dinner :-)

It ought to work without the hacky dance, but I'll be curious to hear!