Re: using (`gnus-summary-universal-argument')

[James Thomas <jimjoe@gmx.net>]

hput wrote:

> It seems I'm unable to get the functionality the manual describes for
> (`gnus-summary-universal-argument')
>
> I position cursor at the top of a group of 5037 messages
>
> then press `Alt-Shift-&' (`gnus-summary-universal-argument') which displays `M-&'.
>
>
> then  press 'C-u 5037 J #'
>
>
> Which the manual says will mark the next 5037 message with `%' the
> gnus-agent-download mark

Here's what the manual says:

‘M-&’
     Perform any operation on all articles that have been marked with
     the process mark (‘gnus-summary-universal-argument’).

So it has to do with *process marked* articles. Btw, here's the
docstring of 'J #':

  Mark the next N articles as downloadable.
  If N is negative, mark backward instead. If UNMARK is non-nil, remove
  the mark instead. The difference between N and the actual number of
  articles marked is returned.

So you should simply try 'C-u 5037 J #' without anything before it.

> Further, once I have manually marked a number of messages with
> the `%' how to tell agent to go ahead and download them?
>
> Doing C-h b on summary buffer and searching in many ways .... first
> off finding all `gnus-agent ...' hits.   Checked for the word download, etc etc.
> but not finding anthing promissing.

The manual (C-h i C-s gnus) is a much better option. It says do 'J u'.

--
James