From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9699 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hallvard B Furuseth Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: What's NOV? Should gnus-nov-is-evil be set to t? Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:36:45 +0200 Organization: University of Oslo, Norway Message-ID: References: <44ejh1z7cy.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190632029 20266 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2007 11:07:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:07:09 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 24 13:07:05 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IZlmF-0003ZJ-Iu for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:06:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IZlmC-0002Pm-Fl for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:06:56 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: bombur.uio.no Original-X-Trace: readme.uio.no 1190623005 25358 129.240.6.233 (24 Sep 2007 08:36:45 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@uio.no Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:36:45 +0000 (UTC) Cancel-Lock: sha1:U0HsAw/ySA/dHY/YhHYomhSbMwk= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79903 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:03:24 -0400 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:9699 Archived-At: Allan Gottlieb writes: > Here, however, is a slightly edited version of the first part > that may be slightly more clear. > > `gnus-nov-is-evil' > This one must _always_ be `nil' (which is the default). I assume that should be "This variable is obsolete, it should always be nil (which is the default)." Otherwise, what's the point of a variable which should never be changed? Might also be an idea to insert code which gives a warning if it is non-nil. The warning could display the doc string you gave: > If, for > example, you wish to not use NOV (see below) with the `nntp' back > end (*note Crosspost Handling::), set `nntp-nov-is-evil' to a > non-`nil' value instead of setting this. But you normally do not > need to set `nntp-nov-is-evil' since Gnus by itself will detect > whether the NNTP server supports NOV. Anyway, grabbing article > headers from the NNTP server will not be very fast if you tell > Gnus not to use NOV. -- Hallvard