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Robert Bihlmeyer <e9426626@stud2.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >>>>> On 02 Apr 1999 16:23:13 -0500
> >>>>> Dmitry Yaitskov <dimas@home.com> said:
> 
>  Dmitry> BTW. I'm sure the dots were not my own invention - they show
>  Dmitry> up after setting some of the parameters via customize (I'm
>  Dmitry> using XEmacs). Seems some kind of a conflict here. Also, some
>  Dmitry> of the parameters which are specified via dots (e.g. to-list,
>  Dmitry> to-address) are picked up by Gnus ok. Any ideas?
> 
> Group parameters (which are different from variables) are normally set
> by adding `(PARAMETER . VALUE)'. But you can also set the
> summary-buffer-local value of *any* variable with `(VARIABLE VALUE)'.

Robbe,

What is the difference between a group parameter and
summary-buffer-local value of a variable? (I am not implying that
there is none, I just would like to understand that. I do not actually
know (emacs) lisp well, so may be asking a really stupid question - in
which case please excuse me.) Thanks.

-- 
Cheers,
-Dima.