Foreign Groups
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Below are some group mode commands for making and editing general
foreign groups, as well as commands to ease the creation of a few
special-purpose groups. All these commands insert the newly created
groups under point--`gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-method' is not consulted.
`G m'
Make a new group (`gnus-group-make-group'). Gnus will prompt you
for a name, a method and possibly an "address". For an easier way
to subscribe to NNTP groups, Note:Browse Foreign Server.
`G r'
Rename the current group to something else
(`gnus-group-rename-group'). This is valid only on some
groups--mail groups mostly. This command might very well be quite
slow on some back ends.
`G c'
Customize the group parameters (`gnus-group-customize').
`G e'
Enter a buffer where you can edit the select method of the current
group (`gnus-group-edit-group-method').
`G p'
Enter a buffer where you can edit the group parameters
(`gnus-group-edit-group-parameters').
`G E'
Enter a buffer where you can edit the group info
(`gnus-group-edit-group').
`G d'
Make a directory group (Note:Directory Groups). You will be
prompted for a directory name (`gnus-group-make-directory-group').
`G h'
Make the Gnus help group (`gnus-group-make-help-group').
`G a'
Make a Gnus archive group (`gnus-group-make-archive-group'). By
default a group pointing to the most recent articles will be
created (`gnus-group-recent-archive-directory'), but given a
prefix, a full group will be created from
`gnus-group-archive-directory'.
`G k'
Make a kiboze group. You will be prompted for a name, for a
regexp to match groups to be "included" in the kiboze group, and a
series of strings to match on headers
(`gnus-group-make-kiboze-group'). Note:Kibozed Groups.
`G D'
Read an arbitrary directory as if it were a newsgroup with the
`nneething' back end (`gnus-group-enter-directory'). Note:Anything Groups.
`G f'
Make a group based on some file or other
(`gnus-group-make-doc-group'). If you give a prefix to this
command, you will be prompted for a file name and a file type.
Currently supported types are `babyl', `mbox', `digest', `mmdf',
`news', `rnews', `clari-briefs', `rfc934', `rfc822-forward',
`nsmail' and `forward'. If you run this command without a prefix,
Gnus will guess at the file type. Note:Document Groups.
`G u'
Create one of the groups mentioned in `gnus-useful-groups'
(`gnus-group-make-useful-group').
`G w'
Make an ephemeral group based on a web search
(`gnus-group-make-web-group'). If you give a prefix to this
command, make a solid group instead. You will be prompted for the
search engine type and the search string. Valid search engine
types include `dejanews', `altavista' and `reference'. Note:Web
Searches.
If you use the `dejanews' search engine, you can limit the search
to a particular group by using a match string like `~g
alt.sysadmin.recovery shaving'.
`G <DEL>'
This function will delete the current group
(`gnus-group-delete-group'). If given a prefix, this function will
actually delete all the articles in the group, and forcibly remove
the group itself from the face of the Earth. Use a prefix only if
you are absolutely sure of what you are doing. This command can't
be used on read-only groups (like `nntp' group), though.
`G V'
Make a new, fresh, empty `nnvirtual' group
(`gnus-group-make-empty-virtual'). Note:Virtual Groups.
`G v'
Add the current group to an `nnvirtual' group
(`gnus-group-add-to-virtual'). Uses the process/prefix convention.
Note:Select Methods, for more information on the various select
methods.
If `gnus-activate-foreign-newsgroups' is a positive number, Gnus
will check all foreign groups with this level or lower at startup.
This might take quite a while, especially if you subscribe to lots of
groups from different NNTP servers. Also Note:Group Levels;
`gnus-activate-level' also affects activation of foreign newsgroups.