From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: *Server* buffer problems when adding server parameters
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 00:32:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vafu1yxccno.fsf@INBOX.auto.gnus.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3ae0pfgpc.fsf@brutt.maplenet.net> (Benjamin Rutt's message of "Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:36:31 -0500")
Benjamin Rutt <brutt+news@bloomington.in.us> writes:
> Thanks for the help, Lars and Kai, and sorry for my misunderstanding
> of what the select method should look like.
It was fairly recently discovered that it is better to use strings
than lists. I think.
> To defend myself, I think the following line in gnus info threw me,
> when I was trying to learn what he meant by "Have a peek at the
> select method of these groups":
>
> ,----[ from (Info-goto-node "(gnus)Select Methods") ]
> | a select method is a list where the first element says what backend to
> | use (e.g. `nntp', `nnspool', `nnml') and the second element is the
> | "server name". There may be additional elements in the select method,
> | where the value may have special meaning for the backend in question.
> `----
>
> So, I figured that when lars asked me to check on the select method
> for the groups, he was telling me to sure the second element of the
> list making up the select method is the string "archive", which it
> was. I couldn't grok the idea that a select method was not a list,
> since it said clearly that it is a list in the documentation above.
> So, don't we have a doc bug in the above info node? I'm sorry that I
> don't know enough about a select method yet to know how to correct it,
> though. I'm thinking it could be revised to say something like "a
> select method is either the server name as a string or a list where
> the first element..."
There is a select method and a server. Often, they are used
interchangeably. I think a server can be either a list (like a select
method) or a server name (not sure whether that should be just
"archive" or just "nnfolder:archive" in your case).
The terminology in the Gnus documentation is confusing. Please help
to clean it up by asking about anything that you find confusing.
> If the above is a bug, then surely the following is a bug also,
>
> ,----[ from (Info-goto-node "(gnus)Terminology") ]
> | "select method"
> | A structure that specifies the backend, the server and the virtual
> | server settings.
> `----
>
> unless by "structure" it is obvious to the reader that it can either
> be a string or a list.
Err... Since I'm not really sure what the terminology should be, I
better not comment on this, I think.
Maybe it turns out that a "server" can be a string of a list, where
the list is the "select method". Maybe not.
Lars?
kai
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-24 22:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-22 19:55 Benjamin Rutt
2001-08-23 16:50 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-08-24 4:03 ` Benjamin Rutt
2001-08-24 9:43 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-08-24 16:09 ` Benjamin Rutt
2001-08-24 13:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-08-24 16:07 ` Benjamin Rutt
2001-08-24 16:41 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-08-24 16:52 ` Benjamin Rutt
2001-08-24 18:36 ` Benjamin Rutt
2001-08-24 22:32 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2001-08-24 22:51 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-08-24 22:27 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-08-24 22:50 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-08-24 22:53 ` Paul Jarc
2001-08-24 23:00 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-08-24 23:12 ` Paul Jarc
2001-08-24 23:20 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-08-24 23:31 ` Paul Jarc
2001-08-24 23:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-08-24 23:53 ` Paul Jarc
2001-08-25 0:11 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-08-25 5:21 ` Paul Jarc
2001-08-26 16:28 ` Kai Großjohann
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