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Leonard Stiles <ljs@uk2.net> writes:

> Ah, yes.  However:
>
> (Info-goto-node "(gnus)Group Parameters") =>
>
>     `posting-style'
>      [...]
>
>      For instance, if you want a funky name and signature in this
>      group only, instead of hacking `gnus-posting-styles', you could
>      put something like this in the group parameters:
>
>           (posting-style
>             (name "Funky Name")
>             (signature "Funky Signature"))
>
> Which does not set the variable `posting-style'.  (I suppose you could
> argue that this is because ((name "Funky Name") (signature "Funky
> Signature")) is not an eval-able form).

That's definitely a major bug

(posting-style (name "Funky name"))

will call the function `name'.  Which will lead to Emacs
beeping at you.  Or it would have if it weren't for the
`ignore-errors' that's wrapped around the code.

We need a new syntax for posting-style.

> Also, to be pedantic, in the above example the variable `display'
> would be set to the value of the variable `read', not the symbol
> `read'.

Exactly.  :-)

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