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diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi index f0d3c75d055..be7504c92bf 100644 --- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi +++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi @@ -10528,9 +10528,9 @@ article (@code{gnus-summary-refer-references}). @kindex A T @r{(Summary)} Display the full thread where the current article appears (@code{gnus-summary-refer-thread}). By default this command looks for -articles only in the current group. Some backends (currently only -@code{nnimap}) know how to find articles in the thread directly. In -other cases each header in the current group must be fetched and +articles only in the current group. If the group belongs to a backend +that has an associated search engine, articles are found by searching. +In other cases each header in the current group must be fetched and examined, so it usually takes a while. If you do it often, you may consider setting @code{gnus-fetch-old-headers} to @code{invisible} (@pxref{Filling In Threads}). This won't have any visible effects @@ -10538,19 +10538,22 @@ normally, but it'll make this command work a whole lot faster. Of course, it'll make group entry somewhat slow. @vindex gnus-refer-thread-use-search -If @code{gnus-refer-thread-use-search} is non-@code{nil} then those backends -that know how to find threads directly will search not just in the -current group but all groups on the same server. +If @code{gnus-refer-thread-use-search} is @code{nil} (the default) +then thread-referral only looks for articles in the current group. If +this variable is @code{t} the server to which the current group +belongs is searched (provided that searching is available for the +server's backend). If this variable is a list of servers, each server +in the list is searched. @vindex gnus-refer-thread-limit The @code{gnus-refer-thread-limit} variable says how many old (i.e., articles before the first displayed in the current group) headers to -fetch when doing this command. The default is 200. If @code{t}, all -the available headers will be fetched. This variable can be overridden -by giving the @kbd{A T} command a numerical prefix. +fetch when referring a thread. The default is 500. If @code{t}, all +the available headers will be fetched. This variable can be +overridden by giving the @kbd{A T} command a numerical prefix. @vindex gnus-refer-thread-limit-to-thread -In most cases @code{gnus-refer-thread} adds any articles it finds to +@code{gnus-summary-refer-thread} tries to add any articles it finds to the current summary buffer. (When @code{gnus-refer-thread-use-search} is true and the initial referral starts from a summary buffer for a non-virtual group this may not be possible. In this case a new |