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@setfilename gnus
-@settitle Gnus 5.4 Manual
+@settitle Gnus 5.4.29 Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@synindex pg cp
@tex
@titlepage
-@title Gnus 5.4 Manual
+@title Gnus 5.4.29 Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995,96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995,96,97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
spool or your mbox file. All at the same time, if you want to push your
luck.
-This manual corresponds to Gnus 5.4.
+This manual corresponds to Gnus 5.4.29
@end ifinfo
@vindex gnus-init-file
When Gnus starts, it will read the @code{gnus-site-init-file}
-(@file{.../site-lisp/gnus.el} by default) and @code{gnus-init-file}
-(@file{~/.gnus.el} by default) files. These are normal Emacs Lisp files
-and can be used to avoid cluttering your @file{.emacs} and
-@file{site-init} files with Gnus stuff.
+(@file{.../site-lisp/gnus} by default) and @code{gnus-init-file}
+(@file{~/.gnus} by default) files. These are normal Emacs Lisp files
+and can be used to avoid cluttering your @file{~/.emacs} and
+@file{site-init} files with Gnus stuff. Gnus will also check for files
+with the same names as these, but with @file{.elc} and @file{.el}
+suffixes. In other words, if you have set @code{gnus-init-file} to
+@file{~/.gnus}, it will look for @file{~/.gnus.elc}, @file{~/.gnus.el},
+and finally @file{~/.gnus} (in this order).
+
@node Auto Save
@vindex gnus-startup-hook
A hook that is run after starting up Gnus successfully.
+@item gnus-started-hook
+@vindex gnus-started-hook
+A hook that is run as the very last thing after starting up Gnus
+successfully.
+
@item gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups
@vindex gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups
If non-@code{nil}, Gnus will check for and delete all bogus groups at
be a letter. @sc{gnus} will call the function
@code{gnus-user-format-function-}@samp{X}, where @samp{X} is the letter
following @samp{%u}. The function will be passed a single dummy
-paratere as argument. The function should return a string, which will
+parameter as argument. The function should return a string, which will
be inserted into the buffer just like information from any other
specifier.
@end table
command, you will be prompted for a file name and a file type.
Currently supported types are @code{babyl}, @code{mbox}, @code{digest},
@code{mmdf}, @code{news}, @code{rnews}, @code{clari-briefs},
-@code{rfc934} and @code{forward}. If you run this command without a
-prefix, Gnus will guess at the file type. @xref{Document Groups}.
+@code{rfc934}, @code{rfc822-forward}, and @code{forward}. If you run
+this command without a prefix, Gnus will guess at the file type.
+@xref{Document Groups}.
@item G w
@kindex G w (Group)
followup---except that if it is present in a news group, you'll get mail
group semantics when doing @kbd{f}.
+If you do an @kbd{a} command in a mail group and you don't have a
+@code{to-list} group parameter, one will be added automatically upon
+sending the message.
+
@item broken-reply-to
@cindex broken-reply-to
Elements like @code{(broken-reply-to . t)} signals that @code{Reply-To}
Also @pxref{Topic Parameters}.
+Here's an example group parameter list:
+
+@example
+((to-address . "ding@@ifi.uio.no")
+ (auto-expiry . t))
+@end example
+
@node Listing Groups
@section Listing Groups
@cindex fuzzy article gathering
If you set this variable to the special value @code{fuzzy}, Gnus will
-use a fuzzy string comparison algorithm on the subjects.
+use a fuzzy string comparison algorithm on the subjects (@pxref{Fuzzy
+Matching}).
@item gnus-simplify-subject-fuzzy-regexp
@vindex gnus-simplify-subject-fuzzy-regexp
when doing thread commands. If this variable is @code{nil}, articles in
the same thread with different subjects will not be included in the
operation in question. If this variable is @code{fuzzy}, only articles
-that have subjects that are fuzzily equal will be included.
+that have subjects that are fuzzily equal will be included (@pxref{Fuzzy
+Matching}).
@node Sorting
Do all the three commands above
(@code{gnus-article-strip-blank-lines}).
+@item W E s
+@kindex W E s (Summary)
+@findex gnus-article-strip-leading-space
+Remove all white space from the beginning of all lines of the article
+body (@code{gnus-article-strip-leading-space}).
+
@end table
@cindex archived messages
@cindex sent messages
-Gnus provides a few different methods for storing the mail you send.
-The default method is to use the @dfn{archive virtual server} to store
-the mail. If you want to disable this completely, the
+Gnus provides a few different methods for storing the mail and news you
+send. The default method is to use the @dfn{archive virtual server} to
+store the messages. If you want to disable this completely, the
@code{gnus-message-archive-group} variable should be @code{nil}, which
is the default.
nice---@samp{misc-mail-september-1995}, or whatever. New messages will
continue to be stored in the old (now empty) group.
-That's the default method of archiving sent mail. Gnus also a different
-way for the people who don't like the default method. In that case you
-should set @code{gnus-message-archive-group} to @code{nil}; this will
-disable archiving.
+That's the default method of archiving sent messages. Gnus also a
+different way for the people who don't like the default method. In that
+case you should set @code{gnus-message-archive-group} to @code{nil};
+this will disable archiving.
XEmacs 19.13 doesn't have @code{format-time-string}, so you'll have to
use a different value for @code{gnus-message-archive-group} there.
message in, you can set this variable to a function that checks the
current newsgroup name and then returns a suitable group name (or list
of names).
+
+This variable can be used instead of @code{gnus-message-archive-group},
+but the latter is the preferred method.
@end table
If you use @code{procmail} to split things directory into an @code{nnmh}
directory (which you shouldn't do), you should set
@code{nnmail-keep-last-article} to non-@code{nil} to prevent Gnus from
-ever expiring the final article in a mail newsgroup. This is quite,
-quite important.
+ever expiring the final article (i. e., the article with the highest
+article number) in a mail newsgroup. This is quite, quite important.
Here's an example setup: The incoming spools are located in
@file{~/incoming/} and have @samp{""} as suffixes (i. e., the incoming
@vindex nnmail-expiry-wait
The @code{nnmail-expiry-wait} variable supplies the default time an
-expirable article has to live. The default is seven days.
+expirable article has to live. Gnus starts counting days from when the
+message @emph{arrived}, not from when it was sent. The default is seven
+days.
Gnus also supplies a function that lets you fine-tune how long articles
are to live, based on what group they are in. Let's say you want to
stored.) If all this sounds scary to you, you can set
@code{nnmail-treat-duplicates} to @code{warn} (which is what it is by
default), and @code{nnmail} won't delete duplicate mails. Instead it
-will generate a brand new @code{Message-ID} for the mail and insert a
-warning into the head of the mail saying that it thinks that this is a
-duplicate of a different message.
+will insert a warning into the head of the mail saying that it thinks
+that this is a duplicate of a different message.
This variable can also be a function. If that's the case, the function
will be called from a buffer narrowed to the message in question with
@item nndoc-article-type
@vindex nndoc-article-type
This should be one of @code{mbox}, @code{babyl}, @code{digest},
-@code{mmdf}, @code{forward}, @code{rfc934}, @code{news}, @code{rnews},
-@code{mime-digest}, @code{clari-briefs}, or @code{guess}.
+@code{mmdf}, @code{forward}, @code{rfc934}, @code{rfc822-forward},
+@code{news}, @code{rnews}, @code{mime-digest}, @code{clari-briefs}, or
+@code{guess}.
@item nndoc-post-type
@vindex nndoc-post-type
Substring matching.
@item f
-Fuzzy matching.
+Fuzzy matching (@pxref{Fuzzy Matching}).
@item r
Regexp matching
element}. This date says when the last time this score entry matched,
which provides a mechanism for expiring the score entries. It this
element is not present, the score entry is permanent. The date is
-represented by the number of days since December 31, 1 ce.
+represented by the number of days since December 31, 1 BCE.
@item
If the fourth element is present, it should be a symbol---the @dfn{type
@lisp
("references"
- ("<x6[0-9a-z]+\\.fsf@.*eyesore.no>" 1000 nil r))
+ ("<x6[0-9a-z]+\\.fsf@@.*eyesore.no>" 1000 nil r))
@end lisp
Whether it's the first two or first three characters that are ``yours''
* Undo:: Some actions can be undone.
* Moderation:: What to do if you're a moderator.
* XEmacs Enhancements:: There are more pictures and stuff under XEmacs.
+* Fuzzy Matching:: What's the big fuzz?
* Various Various:: Things that are really various.
@end menu
@end table
+@node Fuzzy Matching
+@section Fuzzy Matching
+@cindex fuzzy matching
+
+Gnus provides @dfn{fuzzy matching} of @code{Subject} lines when doing
+things like scoring, thread gathering and thread comparison.
+
+As opposed to regular expression matching, fuzzy matching is very fuzzy.
+It's so fuzzy that there's not even a definition of what @dfn{fuzziness}
+means, and the implementation has changed over time.
+
+Basically, it tries to remove all noise from lines before comparing.
+@samp{Re: }, parenthetical remarks, white space, and so on, are filtered
+out of the strings before comparing the results. This often leads to
+adequate results---even when faced with strings generated by text
+manglers masquerading as newsreaders.
+
+
@node Various Various
@section Various Various
@cindex mode lines
@table @code
+@item gnus-home-directory
+All Gnus path variables will be initialized from this variable, which
+defaults to @file{~/}.
+
@item gnus-directory
@vindex gnus-directory
-All Gnus directories will be initialized from this variable, which
-defaults to the @samp{SAVEDIR} environment variable, or @file{~/News/}
-if that variable isn't set.
+Most Gnus storage path variables will be initialized from this variable,
+which defaults to the @samp{SAVEDIR} environment variable, or
+@file{~/News/} if that variable isn't set.
@item gnus-default-directory
@vindex gnus-default-directory
Also thanks to the following for patches and stuff:
+Adrian Aichner,
Peter Arius,
+Matt Armstrong,
Marc Auslander,
Chris Bone,
Mark Borges,
Kevin Buhr,
Alastair Burt,
Joao Cachopo,
+Zlatko Calusic,
Massimo Campostrini,
Michael R. Cook,
Glenn Coombs,
Randell Jesup,
Fred Johansen,
Greg Klanderman,
+Karl Kleinpaste,
Peter Skov Knudsen,
Shuhei Kobayashi, @c Kobayashi
Thor Kristoffersen,
Jens Lautenbacher,
Carsten Leonhardt,
+James LewisMoss,
Christian Limpach,
Markus Linnala,
Dave Love,
Tonny Madsen,
Shlomo Mahlab,
Nat Makarevitch,
+David Martin,
+Gordon Matzigkeit,
Timo Metzemakers,
Richard Mlynarik,
Lantz Moore,
Loren Schall,
Dan Schmidt,
Ralph Schleicher,
+Philippe Schnoebelen,
Randal L. Schwartz,
Danny Siu,
Paul D. Smith,
A Gnus group info (@pxref{Group Info}) is handed to the backend for
alterations. This comes in handy if the backend really carries all the
-information (as is the case with virtual an imap groups). This function
-should destructively alter the info to suit its needs, and should return
-the (altered) group info.
+information (as is the case with virtual and imap groups). This
+function should destructively alter the info to suit its needs, and
+should return the (altered) group info.
There should be no result data from this function.
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