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From: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: gnus-refer-article-method example looks strange
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 16:39:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <84of74al75.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3n0mo50jo.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>>      (setq gnus-refer-article-method
>>            '(current
>>              (nnweb "refer" (nnweb-type google))))
>>
>> Isn't it strange that it refers to a search at Google by the name of
>> "refer"?  I vaguely recall that there was once a dejanews-like
>> service named refer.  Or does the "refer" refer to the fact that it
>> is in gnus-refer-article-method?
>
> It's just the name of the server -- it could be called anything.

But documentation should make sense.  And if it is a meaningless
string, why don't you use blarfl or something similarly enlightening?

I suggest to use (nnweb "" ...) or (nnweb "google" ...) or (nnweb
"foo" ...).

Opinions?
-- 
Ambibibentists unite!



  reply	other threads:[~2002-12-29 15:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-05 21:49 Kai Großjohann
2002-10-06 20:35 ` Clemens Fischer
2002-12-29 15:04 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2002-12-29 15:39   ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2002-12-29 16:01     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2002-12-29 16:40       ` Kai Großjohann

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