From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82320 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: What is a "virtual" group? Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:57:06 +0200 Organization: Probably a good idea Message-ID: <87obl6ck1p.fsf@dod.no> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347793120 10508 80.91.229.3 (16 Sep 2012 10:58:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:58:40 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30586@lists.math.uh.edu Sun Sep 16 12:58:44 2012 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 1TDCYl-0002Ua-UE for ding-account@gmane.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:58:44 +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 1TDCXg-00010i-B4; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:57:36 -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 1TDCXc-00010T-Vi for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:57:32 -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 1TDCXR-0003l3-Nt for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:57:32 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TDCXP-0000pT-NT for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:57:19 +0200 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TDCXP-0001ng-Nf for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:57:19 +0200 Original-Received: from cm-84.208.231.161.getinternet.no ([84.208.231.161]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:57:19 +0200 Original-Received: from sb by cm-84.208.231.161.getinternet.no with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:57:19 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cm-84.208.231.161.getinternet.no Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BpndWKMXWLG4iqvpFsd+WndcH7o= X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:82320 Archived-At: >>>>> Dave Abrahams : > I'm not referring here to nnvirtual, but to the virtual property as it > appears in `gnus-valid-select-methods' or in > (gnus-declare-backend "nnir" 'mail 'virtual) > which is done in nnir.el "Virtual group" in this context refers to a temporary group holding the results of the nnir search. > The context for my question is > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82136, where I'm > wondering whether it's OK to label "nndoc" groups as virtual Well,... I can't answer that. > Answers to the other questions at the end of that article would also be > most appreciated: > * Should gnus-warp-to-article really be restricting itself to virtual > groups? For nnir what it does is to move out of the group and into to the group the article was found in, and show the article there. In the group it belongs to, it can be replied to with the appropriate sender address, and have its tick marks changed. > * Should I be doing something different in `gnus-goto-article' to build > a group with my message in it? I can't answer that either.