Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

[Johan Bockgård]

Martin Jørgensen <unoder.spam@spam.jay.net> writes:

> It didn't show me the messages anymore, but it instead it showed an
> "G." to the left, instead of the usual "R." (for read I suppose).

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> 2) Another newbie question: What does that star mean in front of the
> group-name in the "*Group*"-buffer? Like here:
>
>  6119: comp.lang.c
>    46:*gnu.emacs.gnus

,----
| gnus-group-line-format is a variable defined in `gnus-group.el'.
| Its value is 
| "%M%S%p%P%5y:%B%(%g%)%O\n"
| 
| Documentation:
| *Format of group lines.
| It works along the same lines as a normal formatting string,
| with some simple extensions.
| 
| [...]
| 
| %B    Whether a summary buffer for the group is open (char, "*")
`----

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Johan Bockgård