Re: Problems with gnus-registry

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:05:26 +0100 Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> wrote: 

RS> On Wed, Feb 06 2008, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
RS> [ gnus-registry-ignored-groups ]
>> Sorry, I gave you the wrong variable name.  This is the right one with
>> the default value:
>> 
>> (setq gnus-registry-unfollowed-groups 
>> '("delayed$" "drafts$" "queue$" "INBOX$"))

RS> IMHO, something with "-ignore-"/"-ignored-" would be a better name for
RS> consistency with many other Gnus variable including
RS> `nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent-ignore-groups' and
RS> `nnmail-cache-ignore-groups'.

There's two variables:

(in gnus.el)

;; The Gnus registry's ignored groups
(gnus-define-group-parameter
 registry-ignore
 :type list
 :function-document
 "Whether this group should be ignored by the registry."
 :variable gnus-registry-ignored-groups
 :variable-default nil
 :variable-document
 "*Groups in which the registry should be turned off."
 :variable-group gnus-registry
 :variable-type '(repeat
		  (list
		   (regexp :tag "Group Name Regular Expression")
		   (boolean :tag "Ignored")))

 :parameter-type '(boolean :tag "Group Ignored by the Registry")
 :parameter-document
 "Whether the Gnus Registry should ignore this group.")

(in gnus-registry.el)

(defcustom gnus-registry-unfollowed-groups '("delayed$" "drafts$" "queue$" "INBOX$")
  "List of groups that gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent won't return.
The group names are matched, they don't have to be fully
qualified.  This parameter tells the Registry 'never split a
message into a group that matches one of these, regardless of
references.'"
  :group 'gnus-registry
  :type '(repeat regexp))

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.  I'm not sure why I didn't do it so far.  Is it OK to make
that change?  I'll deprecate gnus-registry-unfollowed-groups, emit a
message when it's set, but still respect it as equivalent to
gnus-registry-ignored-groups.

Ted