Re: (gnus-group-list-all-matching) bug?

[Dave Goldberg <david.goldberg6@verizon.net>]

>>>>> On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:22:49 -0600, reader@newsguy.com said:

> I've been using topic mode in gnus for a few mnths, after yrs of using
> gnus in the normal or near default display mode.

> One item that really works badly in topic mode is:
>   (gnus-group-list-all-matching) `A M'

> When I run that command trying to discover some forgotten group I
> suddenly want to look at, what happens in completely the opposite of
> what you expect.

> That is, not a single group is displayed.. instead the topics all
> close up and all I see is a neat assembly of the topics.

I am unable to repeat this.  When I enter a search to A M, I get any matching groups and their topics.  All other topics are hidden, but that may be the result of my hiding empty topics as a preference.

> More crazy stuff happens too.  When I start opening the topics I find
> all kinds of long ago killed,  zombieized[?sp], or unsubscribed
> groups.  All the flotsom that isn't supposed to be displayed and NONE of
> it matches `web'. 

I'm not sure what to say about this, but I suspect that if you figure out the primary issue, this will either go away with it, or, as I suspect, will clarify itself to expected behavior.  For example if I do A M and open one of the resulting displayed topics (which already shows matching groups), I get the rest of the groups.  And that's what I would expect.

> Can that be due to local settings or does it constitute a genuine bug?

My guess is some oddball setting, but I can't imagine that a setting would break the search so you may be triggering a real bug with some setting that I don't have.


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Dave Goldberg
david.goldberg6@verizon.net