From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/75675 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus faces Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:30:43 +0100 Message-ID: <87tyher330.fsf@member.fsf.org> References: <874o9f5qxo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <877heb8dy6.fsf@member.fsf.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294817525 26659 80.91.229.12 (12 Jan 2011 07:32:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:32:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , ding@gnus.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: ding-owner+M24026@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Jan 12 08:32:01 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PcvBY-0001ID-Jx for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:32:00 +0100 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 1PcvAV-0002Yc-RO; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:30:55 -0600 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 1PcvAN-0002YP-2g for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:30:47 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PcvAL-0006Z8-By for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:30:46 -0600 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PcvAK-0007Zw-Dx for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:30:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EDF378017B3; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:30:44 +0100 (CET) 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 16190-08; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:30:43 +0100 (CET) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tassilo@member.fsf.org Original-Received: from thinkpad (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78A5378016CF; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:30:43 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:31:09 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:75675 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab 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