From: notbob@bb.nothome.com
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: gnus scoring insanity
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:45:08 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bponsn6z.fsf@bb.nothome.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hbygned4.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk>
asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:
> It seems it is the same deal as with all the other things you are
> complaining about.
I prefer to think of 'em as salty observations.
> I use scoring very simply: To not see articles from people I've becomed
> tired of.
Feel free to include me.
> To this purpose, I have a single file, called ~/News/all.SCORE, which
> contains this¹:
Interesting. Was I supposed to manually create the all.SCORE file? If
so, this has become a major issue, it not being a first time I've
created necessary files. Problem is, I've yet to find one word of
instruction in the gnus manual that I should create any files and what
and where those files should be named/located.
> (
> ("from"
> ("Someone I Do Not Care To Read At All <someone@example.com>" -10000 nil e)
> ("Someone I Just Want To Skip Most Of The Time <someoneelse@example.com>" -5000 nil e))
> )
[...]
> There is a quite thorough example and explanation of the format in the
> manual:
> * http://gnus.org/manual/gnus_266.html#SEC266
I saved the above info. Thank you.
> But I guess that was in the half you skipped.
Oooh... you can be a bit salty too. ;)
>> "The current score file is by default the group's local score file,
>> even if no such score file actually exists. To insert score commands
>> into some other score file (e.g. `all.SCORE'), you must first make
>> this score file the current one."
> Which part of that paragraph is unclear to you?
All of it! What current score file? Does it have an actual name and
location? Does gnus create it or am I supposed to guess about that
issue again? If I am, I need to know the file name to create and
where. I don't. Same questions for the local score file. "some other
score file"? I don't want possible examples, I need concrete information.
Last but not least, what is "this" score file?
The whole paragraph is useless. Near as I can tell, some unnamed
default score file is actually some other unnamed score file, EVEN IF
NO SUCH SCORE FILE EXISTS!! That's a killer, that one. Lastly, to
insert commands into SOME OTHER(!) unnamed score file, you must first
make THIS OTHER SCORE FILE (????) "the current one". Who's on first!?
> (Not all Gnus users and developers are native english speakers, so
> please do excuse us, and suggest improvements to the language.)
Soon as I get it figured out, I'll try, so help me god.
>> Where are the score files?
> In ~/News/, unless you ask Gnus to put them somewhere else (by setting
> gnus-kill-files-directory²).
I'll hafta do that, as that exact same file name and dir is used by
slrn, which I still have in case I lose my gnus mind.
> They were probably obvious to the author at the time.
Or they were on drugs. ;)
> It isn't required beforehand knowledge, but it's hard not to pick up a
> little along the way... :-)
I've stuck my toe in the proverbial water. Got some lisp code
snippets pasted in my ~/.emacs file. Not intimidated by it, just
trying to ingest the big pieces of emacs before I start nibbling the
little ones.
> Which terms are the ones you consider 'proprietary'?!
All the ones having to do with emacs which I don't know the meaning of.
Don't take my rants personally. I sometimes get frustrated, but still
slog on.
nb
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-17 0:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-16 19:13 notbob
2009-06-16 19:54 ` Adam Sjøgren
2009-06-17 0:45 ` notbob [this message]
2009-06-17 6:44 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-06-17 7:09 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-07-01 22:20 ` giglio robbo' d'acciaio
2009-06-17 7:02 ` Vagn Johansen
2009-06-17 12:09 ` Memnon Anon
2009-06-19 6:28 ` Gnus info printable version (was: gnus scoring insanity) William Xu
2009-07-02 20:29 ` Gnus info printable version Reiner Steib
[not found] ` <mailman.932.1245392949.2239.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2009-06-19 10:04 ` Adam Sjøgren
[not found] ` <mailman.779.1245240628.2239.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2009-06-17 17:25 ` gnus scoring insanity notbob
2009-06-17 20:07 ` Adam Sjøgren
2009-06-17 20:37 ` notbob
2009-06-17 21:12 ` Adam Sjøgren
2009-06-16 20:15 ` harven
2009-06-16 21:09 ` Glyn Millington
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