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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/gnus/gnus.el')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus.el index 91ab878b22f..4241f30ba9d 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/gnus.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus.el @@ -2388,7 +2388,14 @@ Typical marks are those that make no sense in a standalone back end, such as a mark that says whether an article is stored in the cache \(which doesn't make sense in a standalone back end).") -(defvar gnus-headers-retrieved-by nil) +(defvar gnus-headers-retrieved-by nil + "Holds the return value of `gnus-retrieve-headers'. +This is either the symbol `nov' or the symbol `headers'. This +value is checked during the summary creation process, when +building threads. A value of `nov' indicates that header +retrieval is relatively cheap and threading is encouraged to +include more old articles. A value of `headers' indicates that +retrieval is expensive and should be minimized.") (defvar gnus-article-reply nil) (defvar gnus-override-method nil) (defvar gnus-opened-servers nil) |