bug#7653: 23.2; nnnil not documented

bug#7653: 23.2; nnnil not documented

[Tom Tromey]

I happened across the Gnus "nnnil" backend recently.
This is not documented in the Gnus manual.
I think it ought to be.



In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2010-06-03 on x86-07.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Windowing system distributor `Fedora Project', version 11.0.10802000
configured using `configure  '--build=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-dbus' '--with-gif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' '--with-xft' '--with-xpm' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=at
 om -fasynchronous-unwind-tables''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Texinfo

Minor modes in effect:
  auto-fill-function: do-auto-fill
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  erc-list-mode: t
  erc-menu-mode: t
  erc-autojoin-mode: t
  erc-ring-mode: t
  erc-pcomplete-mode: t
  erc-track-mode: t
  erc-track-minor-mode: t
  erc-match-mode: t
  erc-button-mode: t
  erc-fill-mode: t
  erc-stamp-mode: t
  erc-netsplit-mode: t
  erc-spelling-mode: t
  erc-truncate-mode: t
  flyspell-mode: t
  erc-status-mode: t
  erc-services-mode: t
  erc-networks-mode: t
  erc-irccontrols-mode: t
  erc-noncommands-mode: t
  erc-move-to-prompt-mode: t
  erc-readonly-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
b u t SPC n o t SPC i n SPC t h e S-SPC A P I <M-backspace> 
A B I <return> <f10> <f10> C-c b <f10> <f10> <f10> 
C-c b o k <return> <f10> C-z o n n n n n n n n C-z 
o C-x b SPC * E M <tab> <return> M-v M-v C-u C-u C-p 
C-p C-p <return> q C-z o n n n n SPC n n n SPC n q 
s l s C-z o <f10> <f10> <f10> <f10> <f10> <f10> <switch-frame> 
C-z o <f10> <f10> <f10> <f10> <f10> C-x C-f C-a C-f 
C-f C-k . g n u s <return> C-s p C-a C-u C-n C-n C-n 
M-f M-f C-h v <return> C-z o l s L M-< C-s l o c a 
l h o C-a C-v C-v C-v C-v l C-h i d m g n u s <return> 
C-s p r i m a r y C-s C-a C-s C-s C-s C-s C-r C-r C-a 
t s n n n i l <return> C-x C-g q C-x C-f / s p <tab> 
t r <tab> E m <tab> e m <tab> - m <tab> l i s <M-backspace> 
d o <tab> <M-backspace> <tab> <tab> t r <tab> <tab> 
<tab> d o <tab> <tab> <tab> l i <M-backspace> e m <tab> 
<tab> <tab> g n <tab> <tab> <M-backspace> <M-backspace> 
<M-backspace> <tab> <tab> l i s p <M-backspace> m i 
<tab> <tab> g n <tab> <tab> . t <tab> <return> C-s 
n n n i l C-s C-a C-x k C-g M-x l g r e p <return> 
n n n i l <return> <return> <return> C-x o C-x 1 C-x 
k <return> C-x k C-g M-x r e p o r t - e m <tab> b 
<tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Searching subfile gnus-4...
uncompressing gnus-4.gz...done
Searching subfile gnus-5...
uncompressing gnus-5.gz...done
uncompressing gnus-1.gz...done
Info-search: Search failed: "nnnil"
Making completion list... [7 times]
Mark saved where search started
Quit
Grep finished with no matches found
Quit

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/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-maint hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-maint
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/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-pttrn hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-pttrn
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/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/emms-3.0/tq hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/emacs-lisp/tq

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Tom

bug#7653: 23.2; nnnil not documented

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

> I happened across the Gnus "nnnil" backend recently.
> This is not documented in the Gnus manual.
> I think it ought to be.

I've now documented nnnil.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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