Sorting Groups

Gnus Manual. Node: Sorting Groups

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2.12: Sorting Groups

The C-c C-s (gnus-group-sort-groups) command sorts the group buffer according to the function(s) given by the gnus-group-sort-function variable. Available sorting functions include:

`gnus-group-sort-by-alphabet`	Sort the group names alphabetically. This is the default.
`gnus-group-sort-by-real-name`	Sort the group alphabetically on the real (unprefixed) group names.
`gnus-group-sort-by-level`	Sort by group level.
`gnus-group-sort-by-score`	Sort by group score. See Group Score.
`gnus-group-sort-by-rank`	Sort by group score and then the group level. The level and the score are, when taken together, the group's rank. See Group Score.
`gnus-group-sort-by-unread`	Sort by number of unread articles.
`gnus-group-sort-by-method`	Sort alphabetically on the select method.

gnus-group-sort-function can also be a list of sorting functions. In that case, the most significant sort key function must be the last one.

There are also a number of commands for sorting directly according to some sorting criteria:

`G S a`	Sort the group buffer alphabetically by group name (`gnus-group-sort-groups-by-alphabet`).
`G S u`	Sort the group buffer by the number of unread articles (`gnus-group-sort-groups-by-unread`).
`G S l`	Sort the group buffer by group level (`gnus-group-sort-groups-by-level`).
`G S v`	Sort the group buffer by group score (`gnus-group-sort-groups-by-score`). See Group Score.
`G S r`	Sort the group buffer by group rank (`gnus-group-sort-groups-by-rank`). See Group Score.
`G S m`	Sort the group buffer alphabetically by backend name (`gnus-group-sort-groups-by-method`).

When given a prefix, all these commands will sort in reverse order.

You can also sort a subset of the groups:

`G P a`	Sort the process/prefixed groups in the group buffer alphabetically by group name (`gnus-group-sort-selected-groups-by-alphabet`).
`G P u`	Sort the process/prefixed groups in the group buffer by the number of unread articles (`gnus-group-sort-selected-groups-by-unread`).
`G P l`	Sort the process/prefixed groups in the group buffer by group level (`gnus-group-sort-selected-groups-by-level`).
`G P v`	Sort the process/prefixed groups in the group buffer by group score (`gnus-group-sort-selected-groups-by-score`). See Group Score.
`G P r`	Sort the process/prefixed groups in the group buffer by group rank (`gnus-group-sort-selected-groups-by-rank`). See Group Score.
`G P m`	Sort the process/prefixed groups in the group buffer alphabetically by backend name (`gnus-group-sort-selected-groups-by-method`).

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