Re: Searching gmane groups in Gnus?

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Sat, Jan 02 2010, Steinar Bang wrote:

> Gmane is made searchable with the excellent xapian search engine
>  http://search.gmane.org/
>
> Would it be possible to extend nnir to do search in Gmane groups from
> inside Gnus?  How much work would it be on the Gnus side?  Is there
> anything that needs to be done on the xapian side?  Is there an
> interface that is appropriate from searches using other applications
> than web browsers?

There is support for Gmane already.  Dunno if it still working and if
it fits your needs.

,----[ (info "(gnus)Foreign Groups") ]
| `G w'
|      Make an ephemeral group based on a web search
|      (`gnus-group-make-web-group').  If you give a prefix to this
|      command, make a solid group instead.  You will be prompted for the
|      search engine type and the search string.  Valid search engine
|      types include `google', `dejanews', and `gmane'.  
|      [ *Note (info "(gnus)Web Searches") ]
`----

See `nnweb.el' (search for "gmane") for details.

Bye, Reiner.
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