* ephemeral for dummies?
@ 1996-04-25 12:40 Kai Grossjohann
1996-04-28 9:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Kai Grossjohann @ 1996-04-25 12:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: Ulrich Pfeifer, NNDB Mailing List
Hi there,
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.)
Just in case you're wondering... NNDB has an option to search its
database. This works by creating groups which have "=" in their
name. NNDB then creates a new group on the fly and puts the search
result into it. This group can be manipulated using the normal
measures. I just thought it would be easier to be able to create an
ephemeral group rather than to always create a `real' group (using `G
m') and to kill it after use.
kai
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* Re: ephemeral for dummies?
1996-04-25 12:40 ephemeral for dummies? Kai Grossjohann
@ 1996-04-28 9:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1996-04-28 9:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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"Yes. The journey through the human heart
would have to wait until some other time."
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