How to set vars for mail groups?

How to set vars for mail groups?

[John Griffith]

I want my nnml groups to be sorted only by number, while my nntp
groups I want sorted by score.  I know I can set the group parameters
for each nnml group to do this, but what I want to do is:

(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
    '((nnml ""  (gnus-thread-sort-functions '(gnus-thread-sort-by-number)))))

But this doesn't work since gnus-thread-sort-functions is not one of
the allowed virtual server variables.  Is there a better way to set
general variables for a range of groups or all groups from a server?

Re: How to set vars for mail groups?

[Jack Vinson]

>>>>> "JG" == John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:

JG> Is there a better way to set general variables for a range of groups or
JG> all groups from a server?

Yes.  I Do it in the gnus-summary-generate-hook:

(defun jmv-gnus-prepare-groups ()
	    ;; My mail groups
      (cond ((string-match "nnbabyl" gnus-newsgroup-name)
	     (setq gnus-thread-sort-functions '(gnus-thread-sort-by-date
						gnus-thread-sort-by-total-score)
		   ))
	    ;; Archive groups
	    ((string-match "nnfolder" gnus-newsgroup-name)
	     (setq gnus-thread-sort-functions '(gnus-thread-sort-by-date)
		   ))
	    ;; Draft group
	    ((string-match "nndraft" gnus-newsgroup-name)
	     (setq gnus-thread-sort-functions '(gnus-thread-sort-by-date)
		   ))
	    ;; All others
	    (t
	     (setq gnus-thread-sort-functions '(gnus-thread-sort-by-subject
						gnus-thread-sort-by-total-score)
		   ))
	    )
  )

(add-hook 'gnus-summary-generate-hook 'jmv-gnus-prepare-groups)


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