GNU bug report logs - #38466
26.3; Gnus setting large-newsgroup-initial to "All"/nil defaults to gnus-large-newsgroup if display is set to all

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe>
Cc: 38466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38466: 26.3; Gnus setting large-newsgroup-initial to
 "All"/nil defaults to gnus-large-newsgroup if display is set to all
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 16:55:00 +0200

Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe> writes:

> Setting the group parameter large-newsgroup-initial to nil (meaning
> "All") makes the default number of articles to show when prompted to be
> the max, when there are more articles than gnus-large-newsgroup.
>
> However, the default is equal to gnus-large-newsgroup if the group
> parameter display is also set to all.

Yes...  I can't quite see how this has ever worked?  In general, it's
impossible to distinguish between a parameter not being present and the
parameter being nil, I think?

So the "use all the articles" value has to be something other than nil
for this to work.  Perhaps t?

Or am I misunderstanding something here, and this really does work for
somebody?

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