Re: two agent nits

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> * I can't seem to get the agent to fetch read articles.
>   gnus-agent-consider-all-articles's value is t
>   The default agent category predicate is 'true'.
>   `J s' and `J u' just download unread or ticked articles.

One partial solution to above was posted here recently to similar
query of mine.  It forces gnus to download anything you read.

Could have repercussions in groups where you don't want that but I
suspect it could be put into Group Parameters or agent-parameters.
(I don't know how myself)

This is a partial repost of Kevin G's  (hope he doesn't mind) from
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>> HP Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

>> HP Whats the trick way to sort a large summary buffer to display only
>> HP undownloaded messages?  I'm set up to display + for downloaded and -
>> HP for undownloaded.  No faces confusion.  Seemed at least a chance that
>> HP `/ m - <RET>' would collect those marked with minus sign but it doesn't
>> HP work that way.

> KG People used to complain that the download mark overrode the other
> KG marks so it was separated out.  I suppose that a
> KG gnus-summary-limit-to-undownloaded could be written, there's just not
> KG been any demand for it.

> KG This isn't meant to be a solution, just an explanation.

>> HP I find that I often have a few undownloaded messages mixed in with
>> HP many downloaded ones.  Due to my reading habits no doubt.  Even
>> HP though the category predicate is `true'.  I rarely go unplugged so
>> HP sometimes read messages before they are downloaded which I think is
>> HP what causes the random undownloaded messages.

> KG I may have a solution for this one.  Add
> KG gnus-agent-fetch-selected-article to the gnus-select-article-hook.
> KG This will result in undownloaded messages being downloaded to the
> KG agent as you read them.

>> HP  Anyway, how can I sort a few dozen undownloaded into a display from a
>> HP  summary of buffer of several thousand?

> KG How about an alternative solution?

> KG Use 'M-^ 1 0 0 0 0 J #' to mark all articles for fetching then use
> KG 'J S' to fetch them.  The nice part is that the agent will only fetch
> KG those articles that have not already been fetched.
> KG 
> KG Kevin
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