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[PATCH] * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Category Syntax): Update

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Reported by: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>

Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:25:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Category Syntax): Update
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:54:04 +0530
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Tags: patch
Severity: low

This is because the default 'gnus-agent-predicate' has been changed (the
commit history seems unavailable, to check).

[0001-doc-misc-gnus.texi-Category-Syntax-Update-gnus-agent.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: 79123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
Subject: Re: bug#79123: [PATCH] * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Category Syntax): Update
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:37:35 +0200
>>>>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:54:04 +0530, James Thomas via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> said:

    James> diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
    James> index 5fca2693b90..b627958ecaa 100644
    James> --- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
    James> +++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
    James> @@ -18878,7 +18878,7 @@ Category Syntax
 
    James>  Perhaps some examples are in order.
 
    James> -Here's a simple predicate.  (It's the default predicate, in fact, used
    James> +Here's a simple predicate.  (The default predicate is ``false'', used
    James>  for all groups that don't belong to any other category.)
 
    James>  @lisp
    James> -- 
    James> 2.50.0

I think this should be @code{false}

Robert
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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
Cc: 79123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79123: [PATCH] * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Category Syntax): Update
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:54:56 +0300
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:54:04 +0530
> From:  James Thomas via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> -Here's a simple predicate.  (It's the default predicate, in fact, used
> +Here's a simple predicate.  (The default predicate is ``false'', used
>  for all groups that don't belong to any other category.)

We use @code{false} for such symbols, not "manual quoting".

Also, this should be done on the emacs-30 release branch, because the
problem is already there, right?

Thanks.




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From: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
To: 79123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#79123: [PATCH] * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Category Syntax):
 Update, Re: bug#79123: [PATCH] * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Category Syntax):
 Update
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 06:21:40 +0530
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Robert Pluim  writes:

> I think this should be @code{false}

Eli Zaretskii  writes:

> We use @code{false} for such symbols, not "manual quoting".
>
> Also, this should be done on the emacs-30 release branch, because the
> problem is already there, right?

Done, and done:

[0001-doc-misc-gnus.texi-Category-Syntax-Update-gnus-agent.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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(The oversight is very... much... _like_ me)

Also, thanks for letting me refresh my memory of 'git cherry-pick'.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 79123-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79123: [PATCH] * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Category Syntax):
 Update, Re: bug#79123: [PATCH] * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Category Syntax):
 Update
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:21:02 +0300
> From: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 06:21:40 +0530
> 
> Robert Pluim  writes:
> 
> > I think this should be @code{false}
> 
> Eli Zaretskii  writes:
> 
> > We use @code{false} for such symbols, not "manual quoting".
> >
> > Also, this should be done on the emacs-30 release branch, because the
> > problem is already there, right?
> 
> Done, and done:

Thanks, installed on the release branch, and closing the bug.




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