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Subject: Re: gnus-score-find-score-files-function's documentation
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Janne Rinta-Manty <rintaman@cs.Helsinki.FI> writes:

> C-h v gnus-score-find-score-files-function:
> 
> [...]
> 
> This variable can also be a list of functions to be called.  Each
> function is given the group name as argument and should either return
> a list of score files, or a list of score alists.
> 
> [...]
> 
> "Score alist" means the form found in .SCORE files, right?
> Like:
> 
> (((and ("from" "foo" s) ("subject" "bar" s)) -100))
> 
> And a list of those would be:
> 
> ((((and ("from" "foo" s) ("subject" "bar" s)) -100)))
> 
> OK, let's try it:
> 
> (setq gnus-score-find-score-files-function
>       `(,(lambda (group)
>            `((((and
>                 ("from" "foo" s)
>                 ("subject" "bar" s)) 
>                -100))))
>         gnus-score-find-bnews))
> 
> Select a group => Wrong type argument: listp, -100.
> 
> Gnus wants another level of parens around the score alist:
> 
> (setq gnus-score-find-score-files-function
>       `(,(lambda (group)
>            `(((((and
>                  ("from" "foo" s)
>                  ("subject" "bar" s)) 
>                 -100)))))
>         gnus-score-find-bnews))
> 
> works, but this isn't what the documentation says.  Or am I dreaming?

It isn't.  Maybe Per or Lars know the story behind it.

ShengHuo