GNU bug report logs - #75305
31.0.50; gnus-refer-thread-use-search isn't exact enough about how the current group is searched

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew Cohen <acohen <at> ust.hk>
Cc: eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net, bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de, 75305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75305: 31.0.50; gnus-refer-thread-use-search isn't exact enough about how the current group is searched
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:07:19 +0200

> From: Andrew Cohen <acohen <at> ust.hk>
> Cc: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>,
>   <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>,
>   <75305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:48:03 +0800
> 
> >>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
>     EZ> Ping! Can we please make some progress here?
> 
> All set to commit, I think. I have been running with the following in my
> personal tree for the past few weeks without issue. If no objections we
> can commit.

A few minor comments below.

> +If this variable is @code{t}, and the server to which the current group
> +belongs has an associated search engine, then this server is searched.
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Passive voice alert!

> +This variable may also be a list of servers and groups to search. Each
                                                                   ^^
Two spaces between sentences, please.

> +element of the list is of the form @code{(@var{server} @var{group1}
> +@var{group2}@dots{})},             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Such long forms are best enclosed in @w{..}, so that they will not be
broken between two lines.

> +Only the current group is searched by default.  A non-numeric prefix arg
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Passive voice alert again.

Thanks.

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