Re: Expiring old low-score threads

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

>>>> How can I fix this?  I mean, I obviously want to run my command in
>>>> complete summary containing all articles I've ever received in that
>>>> group.  Of course, chances are high that the group contains
>>>> incomplete threads with false roots where ^
>>>> (gnus-summary-refer-parent-article) won't cure the symptoms.
>>>
>>> It's highly unlikely that I'm actually going to be able to help you
>>> with this, but in trying to write functions that run over *all* the
>>> messages in a group I've usually had to start them like this:
>>>
>>> (defun  th-gnus-summary-exprire-old-lowscore-articles (group)
>>>   (interactive (list (gnus-group-group-name)))
>>>   (let ((gnus-large-newsgroup nil))
>>>     (gnus-summary-read-group group t t nil)
>>>
>>> That at least ensures that all the available messages are present in
>>> the *Summary* buffer.
>>
>> I'm afraid, that doesn't help, 
>
> No, I didn't really think it would :)

It's nice to have a conversation anyway. :-)

>> because "all available messages" doesn't equal "there are no false
>> roots in threads", and those seem to be the culprit for my code. :-(
>>
>> But still, I can use your code in order to run my command from
>> *Group* instead of summary...
>
> Some sort of a "hacking gnus" page on the emacs wiki sometimes seems
> like a good idea.

Yes, or even better, (info "(gnus)Gnus Reference Guide") could be
extended.

Bye,
Tassilo