Re: No limit to cached '/ *'

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:


> 
> > 2)Where it says:
> > 
> > `/ *'
> >      Display all cached articles (`gnus-summary-limit-include-cached').
> > 
> > Change to:

> > 
> > `/ *'
> >      Display all cached articles  (press '/ m <RET> / *')
> >      (`gnus-summary-limit-include-cached').
> > 
> > (since this is differnt than other uses of '/ m')
> 
> Huh?  `/ m' works on readedness marks, which is orthogonal to whether
> articles are in the cache.

If you mean the '/ m'<RET> part doesn't need to be done first to get 
'/ *' to display cached articles, then I haven't found that to be true.
Haven't been able to display cached without using '/ m' first.

My only point is that on the list where the instruction about using '/ *'
appears it looks as if all you need to do is press '/ *' to limit view
to cached only.  Similar to '/ D' to view dormant articles

Pressing just '/ D' does display dormant articles
Pressing just '/  *' does *not* display cached articles

What it seem to do is move the cursor to a cached article but not limit
the display to cached only.

In all other uses of '/ m' the sequence is Press '/' press 'm 
Get a prompt that looks like 'Marks:'  insert desired mark  press <RET>
and the view gets limited to that mark.

With cache mark (*) the sequence is different.
Press '/' press 'm' Get prompt 'Marks:' press <RET> (if you insert the
'*' mark before pressing <RET> as in the other cases, you will be shown
a blank screen.)
So you must press <RET> with out inserting a mark

Now press '/ *' and view will be limited to cached

I didn't see any other way to limit the view to cached articles

So still seems to need to be clarified on the info page as in my
suggestion.



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Harry Putnam  reader@newsguy.com