4.1.3 Summary Buffer Mode Line

You can also change the format of the summary mode bar (see Mode Line Formatting). Set gnus-summary-mode-line-format to whatever you like. The default is ‘Gnus: %%b [%A] %Z’.

Here are the elements you can play with:

G

Group name.

p

Unprefixed group name.

A

Current article number.

z

Current article score.

V

Gnus version.

U

Number of unread articles in this group.

e

Number of unread articles in this group that aren’t displayed in the summary buffer.

Z

A string with the number of unread and unselected articles represented either as ‘<%U(+%e) more>’ if there are both unread and unselected articles, and just as ‘<%U more>’ if there are just unread articles and no unselected ones.

g

Shortish group name. For instance, ‘rec.arts.anime’ will be shortened to ‘r.a.anime’.

S

Subject of the current article.

u

User-defined spec (see User-Defined Specs).

s

Name of the current score file (see Scoring).

d

Number of dormant articles (see Unread Articles).

t

Number of ticked articles (see Unread Articles).

r

Number of articles that have been marked as read in this session.

E

Number of articles expunged by the score files.