+2001-05-04 08:00:00 ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
+ Suggested by Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca>
+
+ * gnus.texi (Mail Group Commands): Add pxref.
+ (Group Maintenance): Ditto.
+ (Topic Commands): Ditto.
+ (Expiring Mail): Typo.
+
+2001-05-04 08:00:00 ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
+ From Raymond Scholz <ray-2001@zonix.de>
+
+ * gnus.texi (Summary Buffer Lines): Mention the meaning of a
+ colon.
+
2001-05-03 07:00:00 ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
From Sriram Karra <karra@cs.utah.edu>.
@kindex C-c C-x (Group)
@findex gnus-group-expire-articles
Run all expirable articles in the current group through the expiry
-process (if any) (@code{gnus-group-expire-articles}).
+process (if any) (@code{gnus-group-expire-articles}). That is, delete
+all expirable articles in the group that have been around for a while.
+(@pxref{Expiring Mail}).
@item C-c M-C-x
@kindex C-c M-C-x (Group)
@findex gnus-group-expire-all-groups
-Run all articles in all groups through the expiry process
+Run all expirable articles in all groups through the expiry process
(@code{gnus-group-expire-all-groups}).
@end table
@item C-c C-x
@kindex C-c C-x (Topic)
@findex gnus-topic-expire-articles
-Run all expirable articles in the current group or topic through the expiry
-process (if any) (@code{gnus-topic-expire-articles}).
+Run all expirable articles in the current group or topic through the
+expiry process (if any)
+(@code{gnus-topic-expire-articles}). (@pxref{Expiring Mail}).
@item C-k
@kindex C-k (Topic)
lines as a normal @code{format} string, with some extensions
(@pxref{Formatting Variables}).
+There should always be a colon on the line; the cursor always moves to
+the colon after performing an operation.
+
The default string is @samp{%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-20,20n%]%) %s\n}.
The following format specification characters are understood:
@item B e
@kindex B e (Summary)
@findex gnus-summary-expire-articles
-Expire all expirable articles in the group
-(@code{gnus-summary-expire-articles}).
+Run all expirable articles in the current group through the expiry
+process (@code{gnus-summary-expire-articles}). That is, delete all
+expirable articles in the group that have been around for a while.
+(@pxref{Expiring Mail}).
@item B M-C-e
@kindex B M-C-e (Summary)
Note that making a group auto-expirable doesn't mean that all read
articles are expired---only the articles marked as expirable
will be expired. Also note that using the @kbd{d} command won't make
-groups expirable---only semi-automatic marking of articles as read will
+articles expirable---only semi-automatic marking of articles as read will
mark the articles as expirable in auto-expirable groups.
Let's say you subscribe to a couple of mailing lists, and you want the