2.17 Misc Group Stuff

• Scanning New Messages: Asking Gnus to see whether new messages have arrived.
• Group Information: Information and help on groups and Gnus.
• Group Timestamp: Making Gnus keep track of when you last read a group.
• File Commands: Reading and writing the Gnus files.
• Sieve Commands: Managing Sieve scripts.

v

The key v is reserved for users. You can bind it key to some function or better use it as a prefix key. For example:

          (define-key gnus-group-mode-map (kbd "v j d")
            (lambda ()
              (interactive)
              (gnus-group-jump-to-group "nndraft:drafts")))
     

On keys reserved for users in Emacs and on keybindings in general See Keymaps.

^

Enter the server buffer (gnus-group-enter-server-mode). See Server Buffer.

a

Start composing a message (a news by default) (gnus-group-post-news). If given a prefix, post to the group under the point. If the prefix is 1, prompt for a group to post to. Contrary to what the name of this function suggests, the prepared article might be a mail instead of a news, if a mail group is specified with the prefix argument. See Composing Messages.

m

Mail a message somewhere (gnus-group-mail). If given a prefix, use the posting style of the group under the point. If the prefix is 1, prompt for a group name to find the posting style. See Composing Messages.

i

Start composing a news (gnus-group-news). If given a prefix, post to the group under the point. If the prefix is 1, prompt for group to post to. See Composing Messages.

This function actually prepares a news even when using mail groups. This is useful for “posting” messages to mail groups without actually sending them over the network: they're just saved directly to the group in question. The corresponding back end must have a request-post method for this to work though.

Variables for the group buffer:

gnus-group-mode-hook

is called after the group buffer has been created.

gnus-group-prepare-hook

is called after the group buffer is generated. It may be used to modify the buffer in some strange, unnatural way.

gnus-group-prepared-hook

is called as the very last thing after the group buffer has been generated. It may be used to move point around, for instance.

gnus-permanently-visible-groups

Groups matching this regexp will always be listed in the group buffer, whether they are empty or not.

gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist

An alist of method and the charset for group names. It is used to show non-ASCII group names.

For example:

          (setq gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist
              '(((nntp "news.com.cn") . cn-gb-2312)))
     

gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist

An alist of regexp of group name and the charset for group names. It is used to show non-ASCII group names. ((".*" utf-8)) is the default value if UTF-8 is supported, otherwise the default is nil.

For example:

          (setq gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist
              '(("\\.com\\.cn:" . cn-gb-2312)))