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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 |