Re: ephemeral for dummies?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>]

Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> suppose I've got a backend (you know it's nndb.el :).  Suppose further
> I want to extend this to create ephemeral groups.  What do I have to
> change in nndb.el to enable it to create ephemeral groups, too?  (I'd
> be willing to create yet another backend nneb.el (e=ephemeral) if
> that's easier.)

The backend doesn't have to know whether the group in question is
ephemeral or not -- which should save some work.  Just call
`gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group' to select an ephemeral group.  It
takes four parameters -- the group name, the select method, a flag
that says whether the group should be activated or not, and a window
configuration that says where Gnus should go when the user presses `q'
in the ephemeral group.

Gnus uses this function when `C-d'ing in the summary buffer, or when
reading nneething groups.

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