* 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
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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
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* 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
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* 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
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