* gnus.texi (Required Back End Functions): specify the lowest and

highest article numbers for empty groups for nnchoke-request-list
and nnchoke-request-group.

diff --git a/texi/ChangeLog b/texi/ChangeLog
index bd976c3..f29acd8 100644 (file)
--- a/texi/ChangeLog
+++ b/texi/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-02-12  Paul Jarc  <prj@po.cwru.edu>
+
+       * gnus.texi (Required Back End Functions): specify the lowest and
+       highest article numbers for empty groups for nnchoke-request-list
+       and nnchoke-request-group.
+
 2002-02-12  ShengHuo ZHU  <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
 
        * message.texi (Sending Variables): Addition.
@@ -9,7 +15,7 @@
 
        * gnus.texi (Group Parameters): Addition.
        From: Steinar Bang <steinar@bang.priv.no>
-       
+
 2002-02-08  ShengHuo ZHU  <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
 
        * gnus.texi (Article Washing): Addition.

diff --git a/texi/gnus.texi b/texi/gnus.texi
index d37b4d2..1a0e352 100644 (file)
--- a/texi/gnus.texi
+++ b/texi/gnus.texi
@@ -22998,7 +22998,9 @@ number of articles may be less than one might think while just
 considering the highest and lowest article numbers, but some articles
 may have been canceled.  Gnus just discards the total-number, so
 whether one should take the bother to generate it properly (if that is a
-problem) is left as an exercise to the reader.
+problem) is left as an exercise to the reader.  If the group contains no
+articles, the lowest article number should be reported as 1 and the
+highest as 0.
 
 @example
 group-status = [ error / info ] eol
@@ -23028,7 +23030,9 @@ ifi.discussion 3324 3300 n
 @end example
 
 On each line we have a group name, then the highest article number in
-that group, the lowest article number, and finally a flag.
+that group, the lowest article number, and finally a flag.  If the group
+contains no articles, the lowest article number should be reported as 1
+and the highest as 0.
 
 @example
 active-file = *active-line