+2011-07-03 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+ * gnus.texi (Subscription Methods): Link to "Group Levels" to explain
+ zombies.
+
2011-07-03 Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> (tiny change)
* gnus.texi (Startup Files): Clarify that we're talking about numbered
@item gnus-subscribe-zombies
@vindex gnus-subscribe-zombies
-Make all new groups zombies. This is the default. You can browse the
-zombies later (with @kbd{A z}) and either kill them all off properly
-(with @kbd{S z}), or subscribe to them (with @kbd{u}).
+Make all new groups zombies (@pxref {Group Levels}). This is the
+default. You can browse the zombies later (with @kbd{A z}) and either
+kill them all off properly (with @kbd{S z}), or subscribe to them
+(with @kbd{u}).
@item gnus-subscribe-randomly
@vindex gnus-subscribe-randomly
go back to showing nonempty subscribed groups again. Thus, unsubscribed
groups are hidden, in a way.
+@cindex zombie groups
Zombie and killed groups are similar to unsubscribed groups in that they
are hidden by default. But they are different from subscribed and
unsubscribed groups in that Gnus doesn't ask the news server for