Re: Don't default to making registry entries for all articles

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been thinking about how to do this for a while, and think I've got
>> an okay approach.
>>
>> The Gnus registry registers everything by default, which slows down
>> summary buffer creation, and also saving Gnus. The only time you'd
>> actually want everything registered is if you're splitting using
>> `gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent', which I have to imagine is a
>> minority of users.
>>
>> The attached patch lets you change this behavior so the registry only
>> creates and saves entries that you have made manually, either by setting
>> a mark on an article, or via some other library.
>>
>> It does this with a new defcustom, `gnus-registry-register-all-p', which
>> I'd like to default to nil.
>>
>> If this is nil, `gnus-registry-register-message-ids' won't do anything.
>>
>> The patch also adds an optional NO-CREATE argument to
>> `gnus-registry-get-or-make-entry', to tell it to only get, not make.
>> Lastly it has `gnus-registry-get-id-key' set that flag to t, so getting
>> an id key doesn't create a new entry (while setting an id key does).
>
> I suppose a slightly less intrusive approach would be to have
> `gnus-registry-get-id-key' also check the value of
> `gnus-registry-register-all-p', and pass the NO-CREATE flag accordingly.

Okay, this has now gone in. The option is called
`gnus-registry-register-all', and defaults to t to preserve behavior, so
you'll have to set that explicitly if you don't want to save everything.

Eric