Re: No limit to cached '/ *'

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Mike McEwan <mike@lotusland.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> > Wasn't there a time back down the road a bit when the command to limit
> > the view to cached articles worked?  
> 
>   I believe you had to do a `/m RET' first. `C-h k / *' says:
> 
> / * runs `gnus-summary-limit-include-cached'
> 
> `gnus-summary-limit-include-cached' is an alias for
> `gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles', an interactive compiled Lisp
> function
> -- loaded from "gnus-cache.elc"
> (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached)
> 
> Insert all the articles cached for this group into the current buffer.
> 
>   This would appear to be exactly what it does.


Aha, I thought I remembered their being some trick way to do it.
All other marks used with '/ m'  are inserted before the <RET>.

Like:  '/ m O'<RET> or '/ m E'<RET>  It isn't apparent that the cache
mark needs to be done differently.

The page on 'Limiting' doesn't indicate any difference, and looks as if
it is treated the same as the others.


I'd like to make a small suggestion for two changes on that page that
might be a little clearer.

1) Where it says:
`/ m'
     Ask for a mark and then limit to all articles that have not been
     marked with that mark (`gnus-summary-limit-to-marks').
Change to:
`/ m'
     Ask for a mark and then limit to all articles that have been
     marked with that mark (`gnus-summary-limit-to-marks').

(removing the confusing 'not')


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')

-- 

Harry Putnam  reader@newsguy.com