Re: How can I change gnus window configuration for some groups?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:

> On 2014-08-23 23:53, Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:
>
>> Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:
>>
>>> Is there a way to adapt this such that I use the
>>> layout ... when viewing the "nnvirtual:RSS" group?
>>> Should this be a global setting or a group parameter?
>>
>> If you can make in into a group parameter specifically
>> associated to that group, that would be the most
>> elegant solution. But I don't know how to do that.
>>
>> Gut feeling, I would do either of:
>>
>> 1. If you want "RET transparency". In the group buffer,
>>    you select a group by hitting RET. I would rebind
>>    that to a defun that runs this:
>>
>>    (string-equal "nnvirtual:RSS" (gnus-group-group-name) )
>>
>>    If `t', do special treatment. If `nil', do the
>>    ordinary thing. You might want to use
>>    current-prefix-arg to replicate ordinary usage of
>>    the C-u (to quantify articles).
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, it's a nice way to do it.
>
> As a less invasive option, I could test for the group name in the window
> configuration definition. However it seems that `gnus-group-group-name'
> does not work in the summary window (is returns `nil'). Is there
> a similar function that returns the name of the current group in
> a summary buffer?

I think the gnus-newsgroup-name variable holds the value you want. Does
that work?