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Re: gnus-large-newsgroup?
> Though, I then kept hitting the prompt if I wanted more than the
> default 200 articles. So I bumped up gnus-large-newsgroup to 1000.
> Opps, now I'm getting prompted again. Not a biggie, but it gets a
> little old after a while.
(setq gnus-large-newsgroup nil)
This really ought to be documented. I propose the patches below.
> So, I'm wondering if there's a way to tell gnus a maximum number of
> articles to download, then just do it when I select that group.
> Then, if I want more headers, perhaps just do something like
> C-u 10000 M-g
> Is this (currently) possible?
Yes. From the 5.8.3 info:
<quote>
The `gnus-large-newsgroup' variable says what Gnus should consider
to be a big group. This is 200 by default. If the group has more
(unread and/or ticked) articles than this, Gnus will query the user
before entering the group. The user can then specify how many articles
should be fetched from the server. If the user specifies a negative
number (`-n'), the `n' oldest articles will be fetched. If it is
positive, the `n' articles that have arrived most recently will be
fetched.
</quote>
You can also do that by specifying a number before using RET or space
to enter a group.
--- /afs/rcf/user/dsg/gnus.el.orig Wed Dec 8 10:24:39 1999
+++ /afs/rcf/user/dsg/gnus.el Thu Dec 9 10:42:00 1999
@@ -1081,7 +1081,8 @@
(defcustom gnus-large-newsgroup 200
"*The number of articles which indicates a large newsgroup.
If the number of articles in a newsgroup is greater than this value,
-confirmation is required for selecting the newsgroup."
+confirmation is required for selecting the newsgroup. If this value is nil,
+the user will not be prompted."
:group 'gnus-group-select
:type 'integer)
--- /afs/rcf/user/dsg/gnus.texi.orig Tue Dec 7 08:22:44 1999
+++ /afs/rcf/user/dsg/gnus.texi Thu Dec 9 10:40:57 1999
@@ -1510,7 +1510,8 @@
The @code{gnus-large-newsgroup} variable says what Gnus should consider
to be a big group. This is 200 by default. If the group has more
(unread and/or ticked) articles than this, Gnus will query the user
-before entering the group. The user can then specify how many articles
+before entering the group. If @code{gnus-large-newsgroup} is nil, the
+user will never be prompted. The user can then specify how many articles
should be fetched from the server. If the user specifies a negative
number (@code{-n}), the @code{n} oldest articles will be fetched. If it
is positive, the @code{n} articles that have arrived most recently will
--
Dave Goldberg
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