master dd30941: Mention nov-is-evil/nnvirtual combination in the Gnus manual

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

branch: master
commit dd3094170a09fdbf2f45502d248640530fb15be4
Author: Alex Bochannek <alex@bochannek.com>
Commit: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>

    Mention nov-is-evil/nnvirtual combination in the Gnus manual
    
    * doc/misc/gnus.texi (To From Newsgroups): Mention using separate
    select methods for different values (bug#48801).
---
 doc/misc/gnus.texi | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index 32ba5ae..b63947c 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -5246,6 +5246,12 @@ have to disable fetching headers with @samp{XOVER}:
 Be aware, though, that this will make entering an @acronym{NNTP} group
 much, much slower, so this is not recommended.
 
+One particular scenario in which it can be desirable to not use
+@samp{XOVER} is for @code{nnvirtual} groups in order to support
+limiting by extra headers (e.g., by the newsgroup of its component
+groups).  Because group parameters are not inherited, a separate
+select method for the component groups with the appropriate
+@code{nov-is-evil} set as a method variable is required.
 
 @node Summary Buffer Mode Line
 @subsection Summary Buffer Mode Line