Re: Gnus faces

[Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>]

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:

>> IMHO, I'd have an inheritance hierarchy with a top-level "abstract"
>> (i.e., not really used face) gnus-group, that is specialized by
>> emptyness, then backend, and finally by levels.  (I think that in
>> times of fast internet connections, the levels are the least
>> important thing.
>
> Why do you think that levels have something to do with network speed?

Isn't that the intention of levels, like, fetch only my very important
mailboxes, e.g., with a level of 1.

,----[ (info "(gnus)Group Levels") ]
| All groups have a level of "subscribedness".  For instance, if a group
| is on level 2, it is more subscribed than a group on level 5.  You can
| ask Gnus to just list groups on a given level or lower (*note Listing
| Groups::), or to just check for new articles in groups on a given level
| or lower (*note Scanning New Messages::).
| 
|    Remember:  The higher the level of the group, the less important it
| is.
`----

Well, it seems you can also use them to structure your groups to list
only groups on a certain level, so they are somewhat orthogonal to
topics, too.

Bye,
Tassilo