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GNU Info (gnus)Foreign GroupsForeign Groups ============== 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. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |