From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/73863 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: When groups arrive Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:52:31 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87y697pemo.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87tyk3b0xk.fsf@newsguy.com> <87tyjwq9hu.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1288997652 6740 80.91.229.12 (5 Nov 2010 22:54:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 22:54:12 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M22232@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Nov 05 23:54:08 2010 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 1PEVAd-0004Jf-IC for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:54:07 +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 1PEV9a-0002QE-45; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:53:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PEV9X-0002Py-EI for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:52:59 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PEV9S-0006VE-U8 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:52:56 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1PEV9S-0001FY-00 for ; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:52:54 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PEV9P-0003Tl-6Y for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:52:51 +0100 Original-Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:52:51 +0100 Original-Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:52:51 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 48 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FwKddENzf00tmoWj4Q4Rsv6nw+k= X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:73863 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: > Harry Putnam writes: > >> Rupert Swarbrick writes: >> >>> Have you tried doing something like "A m ." to list all the groups >>> rather than just ones to which you're subscribed? >> >> Yes, that was my first try. >> >> However I have such a large number, and not knowing names I'm looking >> for I is a bit of a chore to determine what is new. > > The default is to subscribe new groups as zombies, so A z should do it. A z shows 2790 groups. Determining which are new is a non-starter. I see language in the manual on this topic that seems to indicate I could create a `Topic parameter' with a catchall regex for a name, and any new groups that match would go there. ------- --------- ---=--- --------- -------- `gnus-subscribe-topics' Put the groups into the topic that has a matching `subscribe' topic parameter (*note Topic Parameters::). For instance, a `subscribe' topic parameter that looks like "nnslashdot" will mean that all groups that match that regex will be subscribed under that topic. If no topics match the groups, the groups will be subscribed in the top-level topic. from: (info "(gnus)Subscription Methods") I was somewhat confused with that as it does not spell out what this might look like in use. The reference to `Topic Parameters' (info "(gnus)Topic Parameters") Further confused me until I'm not sure where or what syntax would be needed to do something like: Use a `Topic parameter like `.' (dot) to catch any new groups from now on? Can anyone show an example of how that might be done?