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    :group 'gnus-group-select
    :type 'integer)
  
+ (defcustom gnus-limit-to-x-articles nil 
+   "*The maximum number of articles to display by default.  If the number
+ number of articles in the group is less than this value, then just those
+ articles will be displayed.  May override by manually specifying number
+ of articles to display.  This may be useful if you utilize the group
+ parameter `(display . all)'."
+   :group 'gnus-group-select 
+   :type 'integer) 
+  
  (defcustom gnus-use-long-file-name (not (memq system-type '(usg-unix-v xenix)))
    "*Non-nil means that the default name of a file to save articles in is the group name.
  If it's nil, the directory form of the group name is used instead.