Re: Problems with gnus-registry

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Thu, Feb 07 2008, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:05:26 +0100 Reiner Steib wrote: 
> RS> IMHO, something with "-ignore-"/"-ignored-" would be a better name for
> RS> consistency with many other Gnus variable including
> RS> `nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent-ignore-groups' and
> RS> `nnmail-cache-ignore-groups'.
>
> There's two variables:
[...]
> ;; The Gnus registry's ignored groups
> (gnus-define-group-parameter
>  registry-ignore
>  :type list
>  :function-document
>  "Whether this group should be ignored by the registry."
>  :variable gnus-registry-ignored-groups
[...]
>  "*Groups in which the registry should be turned off."
[...]
> (defcustom gnus-registry-unfollowed-groups '("delayed$" "drafts$" "queue$" "INBOX$")
>   "List of groups that gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent won't return.
[...]
> They are used differently.  Ignored groups are not saved in the
> registry, but they are followed for splitting (this is incorrect, I
> think).  Unfollowed groups are not followed by
> gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent function but they are saved.
>
> I think the two should be united in one variable, specifically
> gnus-registry-ignored-groups since it's more powerful and should do the
> same thing.

As we want to store marks (or "labels") in the registry, wouldn't it
make sense to have two different variables?  (Though both should/could
contain "ignore" in the name, like the related nnmail-* variables.)  A
user might want to ignore some groups for parent splitting, but want
to set marks in these groups.

Bye, Reiner.
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