Tweak Emacs settings

- clarify package initialization comments
- load Modus theme on terminal too
- use emoji variation selector when appropriate
- open patches in read-only mode
- now that Modus has been updated, ditch obsolete option
- etc.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.gnus b/.gnus
index 04ff3d7..6a163db 100644
--- a/.gnus
+++ b/.gnus
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
       gnus-secondary-select-methods
       '((nntp "archive.lwn.net")
         (nntp "news.gmane.io"))
+
+      ;; Archival of sent messages.
+      gnus-gcc-mark-as-read t
+      ;; The next setting makes the previous one useless; keeping both
+      ;; for now because I'm not sure which I'll settle for.
+      gnus-message-archive-group nil
+
+      ;; Display
       gnus-summary-line-format "%*%U%R  %-16,16&user-date; %B%-23,23f  %s\n"
       gnus-summary-dummy-line-format "                     ╭                          %S\n"
       gnus-summary-make-false-root 'dummy
@@ -41,8 +49,7 @@
                                     ((gnus-seconds-year)
                                      . "%b %d")
                                     (t
-                                     . "%F"))
-      gnus-gcc-mark-as-read t)
+                                     . "%F")))
 
 ;; message-subject-re-regexp is used both in Gnus summary buffers to
 ;; detect and elide similar subjects in a thread, and by message mode
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@
 ;; d            mark read
 ;; M-u          clear marks (≡ mark unread)
 ;; E            expire
-;; #            mark for next action
+;; #            mark for next action (or unmark, as of Emacs 28)
 ;; M-#, M P u   unmark for next action
 ;;
 ;;      In draft summary buffer: