From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/34929 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Toby Speight Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: regexp-based group parameters Date: 23 Feb 2001 18:57:09 +0000 Organization: Citrix Systems Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <873dfg9z1x.fsf@splinter.inka.de> <87wvcs8awc.fsf@splinter.inka.de> <878zp71ef0.fsf@lovi.inf.elte.hu> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035170760 347 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:26:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:26:00 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from karazm.math.uh.edu (karazm.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.1]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4524DD049F for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:58:45 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by karazm.math.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAC02343; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:58:22 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:57:43 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@66-209.196.61.interliant.com [209.196.61.66] (may be forged)) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA12279 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:57:27 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from gatekeeper.ctxuk.citrix.com (gatekeeper.ctxuk.citrix.com [195.153.38.114]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2504D049F for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:57:55 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sh.ctxuk.citrix.com (sh.ctxuk.citrix.com [10.30.224.4]) by gatekeeper.ctxuk.citrix.com (8.8.7/BSCF-1.7) with ESMTP id SAA26518 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:57:23 GMT Original-Received: from hwvwall01.ctxuk.citrix.com (hwvwall01.ctxuk.citrix.com [10.30.224.27]) by sh.ctxuk.citrix.com (8.8.7/BSCF-1.7) with SMTP id SAA25262 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:57:23 GMT Original-Received: from 10.30.224.101 by hwvwall01.ctxuk.citrix.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:56:37 -0000 (GMT Standard Time) Original-Received: by hwexch01.ctxuk.citrix.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <1A4A1HVV>; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:57:22 -0000 Original-Received: from lanber.cam.eu.citrix.com ([10.70.128.81]) by hwexch01.ctxuk.citrix.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id 1A4A1HVT; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:57:10 -0000 Original-To: The Gnus Mailing List User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 X-Face: wqk-$Z5Z In article , 0> NAGY Andras ("Nagy") wrote: Nagy> There is (was?) a tendency among these functions to introduce a Nagy> custom variable, containing a regexp, to be matched against Nagy> group names, to decide which groups they are supposed to deal Nagy> width. Nagy> Nagy> There are other type of such variables, regexp->something alists Nagy> (e.g. gnus-posting-styles) which assign a parameter to a group, Nagy> based on its name. Nagy> Nagy> Besides this, there is the group/topic parameters mechanism, Nagy> where parameters can be assigned directly, or based on the Nagy> groups place in the topic hierarchy. Furthermore, this info is Nagy> stored in the newsrc file instead of being customizable by the Nagy> user through a config file. There's also the possibility of setting group-local variables via score files. It would be nice to have these things consistent, and with a clear statement about when they are applied, and what the precedence order is.