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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8973: closed ("options ..." line underdocumented)
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:13:02 +0000

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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (The Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys)
Subject: "options ..." line underdocumented
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:15:18 -0400

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1.4.3 Filtering New Groups mentions an "options" line I can put at the
top of my .newsrc, but only offers an example of how to disable certain
groups that way, and no links to anyplace where I can get more
information about how this line works, what options (e.g. "-n") are
available, and/or what they mean.  IMO there should be a link to more
complete documentation, or support for the option should be dropped.


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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 8973-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: "options ..." line underdocumented
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:12:26 +0200

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> Well you could explain something to that effect in the documentation, to
> forestall questions like this one and the feeling among readers that
> they're swimming in some vague half-understood reality that isn't quite
> accessible to them (even if they are ;->).

I've now added a sentence that things are as simple as they seem.

> So, you could document that fact.  Does the pattern need to match at the
> beginning of the newsgroup name (document that too)?

Yes.

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