server parameter vs. server variable (was: mail splitting to another backend)

[Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de>]

On Fri, Apr 18 2003, Kai Großjohann wrote:

> Maybe it works by adding a server parameter?

Most people here use the term `server parameter' instead of `server
variable' as the manual does, see (info "(gnus)Server Variables").
The only match on `server parameter' is in the new nnmaildir node.

Any objection against the following patch?

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@@ -12191,6 +12191,8 @@
 
 @node Server Variables
 @subsection Server Variables
+@cindex server variables
+@cindex server parameters
 
 One sticky point when defining variables (both on back ends and in Emacs
 in general) is that some variables are typically initialized from other
@@ -12215,6 +12217,7 @@
       (nnml-newsgroups-file "~/my-mail/newsgroups"))
 @end lisp
 
+Server variables are often called ``server parameters''.
 
 @node Servers and Methods
 @subsection Servers and Methods
@@ -14811,7 +14814,7 @@
 an nnmaildir group.  The results might happen to be useful, but that
 would be by chance, not by design, and the results might be different
 in the future.  If your split rules create new groups, remember to
-supply a @code{create-directory} server parameter.
+supply a @code{create-directory} server variable.
 @end table
 
 @subsubsection Group parameters
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