Re: Improve G m to make it more user friendly?

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>
>> The new `G m' command looks nice to me, but...
>>
>> Try the following:
>>
>> mv .newsrc.eld newsrc.eld
>> mv .newsrc newsrc
>> mv .gnus.el gnus.el
>> emacs -f gnus
>>
>> Then, how do we make the nnml:inbox group?  Typing `G m
>> nnml:inbox RET' creates the `inbox' group, not `nnml:inbox'.
>> Because the nnml server has not been activated yet, maybe.  In
>> other words, should new users type `M-x gnus-group-make-group'
>> instead of `G m'?  :)
>
> I think Katsumi's point is well taken.  I just stumbled into this
> after a recent cvs update.
>
> I wanted to create an nnml group but I see no way to do that with the
> new `G m' code.
>
> Typing `G m' gives me a `Group:' prompt.  Already its more confusing
> than the old way.  As I recall the old way prompt had the word `name'
> in it somewhere, so it was clear this was the final name being
> requested.  Skipping that for a moment.
>
> Neither nnml:bperl<RET> nor bperl<RET> results in the desired
> nnml:bperl.
> I don't think this is really usable as it is.

Ok, I reverted part of the patch, so that `G m' now work as before.
`gnus-group-make-group-simple' is still available, though, if someone
wants to use it.  Perhaps there can be a separate key/menu binding for
*-simple, since the function might be useful for some.