From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/83082 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Expiring old low-score threads Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:51:32 +0200 Message-ID: <87li8gmivf.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <87r4i9iez8.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <87sj2pw8ap.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87bo9di5zc.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <87k3o0wvey.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366267954 17233 80.91.229.3 (18 Apr 2013 06:52:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:52:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Eric Abrahamsen Original-X-From: ding-owner+M31348@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Apr 18 08:52:38 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1USihp-0003d8-2w for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:52:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1USih1-0005wm-H0; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:51:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1USigz-0005wY-3O for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:51:37 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1USigx-000537-6e for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:51:36 -0500 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1USigv-0000rp-DV for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:51:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5860C3D6010; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:51:33 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id eohFKhVyd302; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:51:33 +0200 (CEST) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tsdh@gnu.org Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F37893D600F; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:51:32 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Followup-To: Eric Abrahamsen , ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: <87k3o0wvey.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (Eric Abrahamsen's message of "Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:10:29 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:83082 Archived-At: Eric Abrahamsen 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