* bug#38466: 26.3; Gnus setting large-newsgroup-initial to "All"/nil defaults to gnus-large-newsgroup if display is set to all @ 2019-12-03 4:23 Allen Li 2020-07-19 14:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Allen Li @ 2019-12-03 4:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 38466 Setting the group parameter large-newsgroup-initial to nil (meaning "All") makes the default number of articles to show when prompted to be the max, when there are more articles than gnus-large-newsgroup. However, the default is equal to gnus-large-newsgroup if the group parameter display is also set to all. This is annoying when viewing nnimap groups where I want to show all messages by default. Due to the way group size estimation works by subtracting min/max article numbers, the estimate for nnimap groups is often very inflated, so I am almost always prompted to enter the number of articles to show, which defaults to gnus-large-newsgroup rather than the max. I don't want to disable gnus-large-newsgroup entirely since it's useful for actual newsgroups. In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.10) of 2019-08-29 built on juergen Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12006000 System Description: Arch Linux ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* bug#38466: 26.3; Gnus setting large-newsgroup-initial to "All"/nil defaults to gnus-large-newsgroup if display is set to all 2019-12-03 4:23 bug#38466: 26.3; Gnus setting large-newsgroup-initial to "All"/nil defaults to gnus-large-newsgroup if display is set to all Allen Li @ 2020-07-19 14:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 2020-08-02 12:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2020-07-19 14:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Allen Li; +Cc: 38466 Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe> writes: > Setting the group parameter large-newsgroup-initial to nil (meaning > "All") makes the default number of articles to show when prompted to be > the max, when there are more articles than gnus-large-newsgroup. > > However, the default is equal to gnus-large-newsgroup if the group > parameter display is also set to all. Yes... I can't quite see how this has ever worked? In general, it's impossible to distinguish between a parameter not being present and the parameter being nil, I think? So the "use all the articles" value has to be something other than nil for this to work. Perhaps t? Or am I misunderstanding something here, and this really does work for somebody? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* bug#38466: 26.3; Gnus setting large-newsgroup-initial to "All"/nil defaults to gnus-large-newsgroup if display is set to all 2020-07-19 14:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2020-08-02 12:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2020-08-02 12:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Allen Li; +Cc: 38466 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes: > So the "use all the articles" value has to be something other than nil > for this to work. Perhaps t? I've made the value for "All" the symbol `all' in Emacs 28.1. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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