From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/75377 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tommy Kelly Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Just shoot me now (was Re: What's wrong with this fancy split?) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:13:28 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292976857 17896 80.91.229.12 (22 Dec 2010 00:14:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:14:17 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M23729@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Dec 22 01:14:13 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 1PVCLM-0002ay-TA for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:14:13 +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 1PVCKw-0000GZ-F0; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:13:46 -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 1PVCKu-0000GN-J8 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:13:44 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PVCKt-0003Z2-AS for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:13:44 -0600 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PVCKr-0003hN-VK for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:13:41 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PVCKr-0002RH-UK for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:13:41 +0100 Original-Received: from cpe-70-112-150-104.austin.res.rr.com ([70.112.150.104]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:13:41 +0100 Original-Received: from tommy.kelly by cpe-70-112-150-104.austin.res.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:13:41 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 40 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpe-70-112-150-104.austin.res.rr.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.2 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xDsRzLrbrMNUJMRaJkOb4YC1cz0= X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:75377 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: > Because [ and ] are not word characters. See > nnmail-split-fancy-syntax-table. Thanks Andreas. Unfortunately that 6,500 line variable, consisting mostly of pairs of parens enclosing numbers, is as clear as mud :-) This to no one in particular: Thus far, like my adventures in figuring out what version of gnus is current, my attempts Just To Split My Mail have been ... interesting: 1. Try to figure out multi-line regexps with simple splitting 2. Advised to move to fancy splitting 3. Hours of trying to get even the simplest fancy split working (and I'm not alone) 4. Finally get it moving -- but only after direct advice. But still don't understand why (specifically, why is nnmail-split-methods settable on a per-server basis, but nnmail-split-fancy is done on a ... shrug .. a per gnus basis?) 5. Begin building more simple splits then stumble on "\\[stuff\\]". Splitting isn't as keen on \\[ as it is on, say, \\. . 6. Told that nnmail-split-fancy-syntax-table is the clue 7. C-h v on that variable. Look. Puke. Look again. 8. Google for "emacs lisp syntax table" 9. Fall pretty much at the first fence on being told that a syntax table is a "char-table" about which I know very little 10. Start reading about what a char-table is 11. Consider reading about "aref" and "aset" since part of the basic description of char-tables mentions those 12. Stop and think "Seriously!? All this Just To Split My Mail!?" I'm not remotely demanding, requesting or even begging for change. I acknowledge that Gnus is a labour of love, open source, and is there to be taken or left as each sees fit. I'm just saying. Tommy