Re: miscellaneous Gnus questions

[Jack Vinson <jvinson@cheux.ecs.umass.edu>]

>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

>> 2. What is the difference between gnus-subscribe-alphabetically and
>> gnus-subscribe-hierarchically?  I have read the documentation and
>> looked at the source code yet clarity eludes me.

LMI> You and me both.  This is definitely a function that has survived
LMI> unscathed from GNUS 4.1:

I assume this is supposed to subscribe to groups by their hierarchy.  :-)
As in put all "alt.rec" groups together.  It probably ends up having the
same effect as subscribing alphabetically, though, since an alpha grouping
will do the same thing.  If there is any difference, it might order the
overall ("alt", "comp", etc.) groups differently.


>> 6. In the summary buffer, what is difference between "M P b" and "M P a"?
>> They seem to do the same thing and the documentation strings (from "C-h
>> k") are not enlightening.

LMI> `M P a' marks all articles in "series" order while `M P b' marks all
LMI> articles in the order they appear in the buffer.

A "series" being a group of numbered articles (as in the binaries groups)?
Could a series also be a group of articles with the same subject?

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