Re: newsgroup variables

[Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>]

Shenghuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> Group parameters are not variables. To access variables, you have to
> call get-parameter functions. And you can not use gnus-use-cache as a
> group parameter.

Yes, but you are also supposed to be able to set ordinary variables
with the group parameters mechanism:

Gnus> `(VARIABLE FORM)'
Gnus>      You can use the group parameters to set variables local to the
Gnus>      group you are entering.  If you want to turn threading off in
Gnus>      `news.answers', you could put `(gnus-show-threads nil)' in the
Gnus>      group parameters of that group.  `gnus-show-threads' will be made
Gnus>      into a local variable in the summary buffer you enter, and the form
Gnus>      `nil' will be `eval'ed there.
Gnus> 
Gnus>      This can also be used as a group-specific hook function, if you'd
Gnus>      like.  If you want to hear a beep when you enter a group, you could
Gnus>      put something like `(dummy-variable (ding))' in the parameters of
Gnus>      that group.  `dummy-variable' will be set to the result of the
Gnus>      `(ding)' form, but who cares?