Re: gnus-subscribe-topics

[Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org>]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 04 2009, Xavier Maillard wrote:
>
>> (setq gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-method 'gnus-subscribe-topics)
>>
>> I have created a Topic named "emacs" for which I added a topic
>> parameter via Gp:
>>
>> ((subscribe . "emacs"))
>>
>> If I am subscribing to a group matching this regexp say,
>> fr.comp.applications.emacs, it is not put under the right topic.
>> If I am doing:
>>
>> (gnus-subscribe-topics "fr.comp.applications.emacs")
>>
>> manually, it is filled under the right Topic.
>>
>> What's wrong ?
>
> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Subscription Methods") ]
> | What Gnus does when it encounters a new group is determined by the
> | `gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-method' variable.
> `----
>
> "when it encounters a new group" is not the case in your situation.
> This variable is relevant only if a new newsgroup is created on the
> server.

Can't this behaviour be changed for any group (new or existing
but never subscribed) ? What is the workaround ? Currently, I did
not subcribe to any nnimap groups (I have 4 dozens of them
pending) since I do not want to manually fill them under the
right topic.

>> P.S: please keep me in the Cc as I am not subscribed to this list yet.
>
> Hint: Gnus honors Mail-Followup-To. :-)

Done (hope it is correct).

Xavier