[Patch v3 0/3] emacs: show: redesign unread/read logic

[David Edmondson]

On Thu, May 08 2014, Mark Walters wrote:
>>> 3) viewing or entering a message using arrow keys, page-up page-down,
>>> ctrl-v mouse clicks etc
>
> This is perhaps a key one: should the above mark it read.

I would be happy to have that be the case.

>>> The other problem with the current approach (in my view) is that if
>>> you try to use the navigation commands non-interactively then messages
>>> end up being marked read, even if they are never displayed to the
>>> user.
>>
>> In what cases does this happen? (Not arguing, just not fully
>> understanding.)
>
> I had a series for implementing filtering (ie limiting the open
> messages) in show where it was the main cause of my stopping. See
> id:20120429005736.GK2704 at mit.edu for details of the problems.

Understood. I agree that would be broken.
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