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authorGnus developers <ding@gnus.org>2011-07-03 22:17:49 +0000
committerKatsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>2011-07-03 22:17:49 +0000
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Merge changes made in Gnus trunk.
gnus.texi (Subscription Methods): Link to "Group Levels" to explain zombies. (Checking New Groups): Ditto (bug#8974). gnus.texi (Startup Files): Clarify that we're talking about numbered backups, and not actual vc (bug#8975). gnus-group.el (gnus-read-ephemeral-bug-group): Bind the coding systems to binary before writing and reading the mbox files. gnus.el (gnus-summary-line-format): Link to the info node for %U instead of trying to list them all (bug#8978). pop3.el (pop3-open-server): Use :end-of-capability. gnus-group.el (gnus-read-ephemeral-emacs-bug-group): Make sure that the id is always a number. gnus-group.el (gnus-read-ephemeral-emacs-bug-group): Hook into debbugs mode, if possible.
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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index 474b7a0efab..e8b183bfe87 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2011-07-03 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+ * gnus.texi (Subscription Methods): Link to "Group Levels" to explain
+ zombies.
+ (Checking New Groups): Ditto (bug#8974).
+
+2011-07-03 Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> (tiny change)
+
+ * gnus.texi (Startup Files): Clarify that we're talking about numbered
+ backups, and not actual vc (bug#8975).
+
2011-07-03 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
* cl.texi (For Clauses): @items for hash-values and key-bindings
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index f98d4df2bde..a214f37817b 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -1167,16 +1167,17 @@ when you do the @kbd{g} command (@pxref{Scanning New Messages}).
@node Checking New Groups
@subsection Checking New Groups
-Gnus normally determines whether a group is new or not by comparing the
-list of groups from the active file(s) with the lists of subscribed and
-dead groups. This isn't a particularly fast method. If
-@code{gnus-check-new-newsgroups} is @code{ask-server}, Gnus will ask the
-server for new groups since the last time. This is both faster and
-cheaper. This also means that you can get rid of the list of killed
-groups altogether, so you may set @code{gnus-save-killed-list} to
-@code{nil}, which will save time both at startup, at exit, and all over.
-Saves disk space, too. Why isn't this the default, then?
-Unfortunately, not all servers support this command.
+Gnus normally determines whether a group is new or not by comparing
+the list of groups (@pxref{Group Levels}) from the active file(s) with
+the lists of subscribed and dead groups. This isn't a particularly
+fast method. If @code{gnus-check-new-newsgroups} is
+@code{ask-server}, Gnus will ask the server for new groups since the
+last time. This is both faster and cheaper. This also means that you
+can get rid of the list of killed groups altogether, so you may set
+@code{gnus-save-killed-list} to @code{nil}, which will save time both
+at startup, at exit, and all over. Saves disk space, too. Why isn't
+this the default, then? Unfortunately, not all servers support this
+command.
I bet I know what you're thinking now: How do I find out whether my
server supports @code{ask-server}? No? Good, because I don't have a
@@ -1214,9 +1215,10 @@ Some handy pre-fab functions are:
@item gnus-subscribe-zombies
@vindex gnus-subscribe-zombies
-Make all new groups zombies. This is the default. You can browse the
-zombies later (with @kbd{A z}) and either kill them all off properly
-(with @kbd{S z}), or subscribe to them (with @kbd{u}).
+Make all new groups zombies (@pxref{Group Levels}). This is the
+default. You can browse the zombies later (with @kbd{A z}) and either
+kill them all off properly (with @kbd{S z}), or subscribe to them
+(with @kbd{u}).
@item gnus-subscribe-randomly
@vindex gnus-subscribe-randomly
@@ -1430,7 +1432,7 @@ several servers where not all servers support @code{ask-server}.
The @code{gnus-startup-file} variable says where the startup files are.
The default value is @file{~/.newsrc}, with the Gnus (El Dingo) startup
file being whatever that one is, with a @samp{.eld} appended.
-If you want version control for this file, set
+If you want to keep multiple numbered backups of this file, set
@code{gnus-backup-startup-file}. It respects the same values as the
@code{version-control} variable.
@@ -2360,6 +2362,7 @@ empty subscribed groups and unsubscribed groups, too. Type @kbd{l} to
go back to showing nonempty subscribed groups again. Thus, unsubscribed
groups are hidden, in a way.
+@cindex zombie groups
Zombie and killed groups are similar to unsubscribed groups in that they
are hidden by default. But they are different from subscribed and
unsubscribed groups in that Gnus doesn't ask the news server for