Re: Problems with gnus-registry

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:29:59 +0100 Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> wrote: 

>> They are used differently.  Ignored groups are not saved in the
>> registry, but they are followed for splitting (this is incorrect, I
>> think).  Unfollowed groups are not followed by
>> gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent function but they are saved.
>> 
>> I think the two should be united in one variable, specifically
>> gnus-registry-ignored-groups since it's more powerful and should do the
>> same thing.

RS> As we want to store marks (or "labels") in the registry, wouldn't it
RS> make sense to have two different variables?  (Though both
RS> should/could contain "ignore" in the name, like the related nnmail-*
RS> variables.)  A user might want to ignore some groups for parent
RS> splitting, but want to set marks in these groups.

How about naming the single variable gnus-registry-ignored-groups (with
the corresponding topic/group parameter registry-ignore), with values
like this

"nnrss.*" t         ; meaning "ignore"
"nntp.*"  'nofollow ; meaning "do not follow"
"nnml.*"  nil       ; treat normally

It's probably simpler for the users than two separate variables,
especially since "do not follow" a group is a milder form of "ignore
this group."

I think registry labels will not care about this, they don't go by the
group at all, they only use the message ID.  The entry could have no
groups and the labels should still work fine.

Ted