Re: nnir-run-gmane search broken

[Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>]

Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:

> Andrew Cohen <cohen@andy.bu.edu> writes:
>> 3. A compromise: go back to the crappy test of gmane in the server
>>    name. Most of the time this will DTRT except when a user has the
>>    string "gmane" in some server that isn't really news.gmane.org (or
>>    snews.gmane.org). This has the defects of 2, but only in rare
>>    cases.
>
> Could we simply check whether the nntp-address is defined? If so, then
> the nntp-address must match "gmane.org$"; if not, then the server name
> should match "gmane.org$". These are effectively the same test, since in
> the shorter method of defining the server the name *is* the address. In
> other words, if one uses a "nickname" (supergmane, gmaneman, etc.) for
> some other nntp server, then one must define an nntp-address;
> conversely, if one does not define an nntp-address, then the name of the
> server has to be the full address. In either case, you are testing
> against the address instead of some arbitrary name and thus can enforce
> the stricter match ("gmane.org$").
>

I suppose I should have written "gmane\.org$" (or "gmane\\.org$" for the
emacs-lisp). :)

Best,
Matt