From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/4791 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Petersen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: confusion about gnus agent and downloading only selected articles Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:01:05 +0200 Organization: just testing gnus... Message-ID: <424b1391$0$27186$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138670687 24892 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:24:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:24:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:34:19 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.arcor.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Mar 2005 23:01:05 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: a0f973e8.newsread4.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=f0dEcXd:\_Jndh];1CKbgL:ejgIfPPldDjW\KbG]kaMHFYk:AnJB[CMOZWSS2S>^KBV;Mn3=TQgPIGodZ\@aIbQJ Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:4932 Original-Lines: 52 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 4932 Tue Jan 17 17:34:19 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:4791 Archived-At: Hi, I am slowly trying to familiarize myself again with gnus and its agent mode (after years of using Forte Agent, via Wine). What I don't get, is: How can I tell gnus to only download all the marked (with %) articles (or threads) in all the groups? So far the situation is like this: If I enter a group in plugged mode and select some of the articles and/or threads and then do a J-u gnus only downloads the article bodies of the marked articles/threads. Okay, fine... If I have marked articles not only in _one_ group, but in all of my subscribed groups, the situation is different: If I am in the newsgroups summary buffer and do a J-s gnus does not only download all the marked articles, but instead it downloads all the article bodies in all the groups! Something that I highly dislike when I am on dial-up (when my DSL is down, for instance). So I tried to avoid J-s and use J-u instead, by putting process marks to all the group names and then doing M-& in order to use a command on all of these groups: the command is J-u. Again: All the article bodies in all groups are being downloaded!? Looks like using J-s or J-u from the _summary buffer_ (instead of from within the group with its header listings) doesn't respect my marked articles, but blindly downloads everything. Only when I am within a group and _see_ the download marks (%), a J-u respects my selection and only downloads what I have marked! But since I would have to do this for each and every group, this could be a lengthy and rather uncomfortable process. Is there no easier way? Or am I missing something? My agent default category has a predicate of "short", but I also tried "false", with the same results. Gnus v5.10.6 GNU Emacs 21.3.1 thanks Peter