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authorLars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2011-09-11 22:50:22 +0000
committerKatsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>2011-09-11 22:50:22 +0000
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Merge changes made in Gnus trunk.
gnus.texi (Listing Groups): Explain `gnus-group-list-limit'. (Finding the News): Doc clarification. (Terminology): Mention naming. gnus-group.el (gnus-group-list-limit): Explain what the command does. gnus-sum.el (gnus-fetch-headers): Bump message level.
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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index cd0c62b2e09..9826523227c 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-09-11 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+ * gnus.texi (Listing Groups): Explain `gnus-group-list-limit'.
+ (Finding the News): Doc clarification.
+ (Terminology): Mention naming.
+
2011-09-10 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
* gnus.texi: Remove mentions of `recent', which are now obsolete.
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index 9f886e3dc6e..59c39893c13 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ The @code{gnus-select-method} variable says where Gnus should look for
news. This variable should be a list where the first element says
@dfn{how} and the second element says @dfn{where}. This method is your
native method. All groups not fetched with this method are
-foreign groups.
+secondary or foreign groups.
For instance, if the @samp{news.somewhere.edu} @acronym{NNTP} server is where
you want to get your daily dosage of news from, you'd say:
@@ -3335,8 +3335,12 @@ List all groups with ticked articles (@code{gnus-group-list-ticked}).
@item A /
@kindex A / (Group)
@findex gnus-group-list-limit
-List groups limited within the current selection
-(@code{gnus-group-list-limit}).
+Further limit groups within the current selection
+(@code{gnus-group-list-limit}). If you've first limited to groups
+with dormant articles with @kbd{A ?}, you can then further limit with
+@kbd{A / c}, which will then limit to groups with cached articles,
+giving you the groups that have both dormant articles and cached
+articles.
@item A f
@kindex A f (Group)
@@ -28572,18 +28576,21 @@ confusing.
@item native
@cindex native
Gnus will always use one method (and back end) as the @dfn{native}, or
-default, way of getting news.
+default, way of getting news. Groups from the native select method
+have names like @samp{gnu.emacs.gnus}.
@item foreign
@cindex foreign
-You can also have any number of foreign groups active at the same time.
-These are groups that use non-native non-secondary back ends for getting
-news.
+You can also have any number of foreign groups active at the same
+time. These are groups that use non-native non-secondary back ends
+for getting news. Foreign groups have names like
+@samp{nntp+news.gmane.org:gmane.emacs.gnus.devel}.
@item secondary
@cindex secondary
-Secondary back ends are somewhere half-way between being native and being
-foreign, but they mostly act like they are native.
+Secondary back ends are somewhere half-way between being native and
+being foreign, but they mostly act like they are native, but they, too
+have names like @samp{nntp+news.gmane.org:gmane.emacs.gnus.devel}.
@item article
@cindex article