Subject: Re: bug#9683: Undefined/undocumented terms

From: Dave Abrahams <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:37:52 -0400

on Thu Oct 06 2011, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi-AT-gnus.org> wrote:

> Dave Abrahams <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>>> `gnus-newsgroup-name'
>>>      This variable holds the name of the current newsgroup.
>>
>> Is that the prefixed or unprefixed name?
>
> Gnus group names are always full (which means prefixed, if prefixation
> is required).

a. That statement is belied (or, at least, beconfused) by the fact that you
   specify whether it's prefixed or not for other functions:

   ,----[ (info "(gnus)Gnus Utility Functions") ]
   | `gnus-group-real-name'
   |      Takes a full (prefixed) Gnus group name, and returns the unprefixed
   |      name.
   | 
   | `gnus-group-prefixed-name'
   |      Takes an unprefixed group name and a select method, and returns
   |      the full (prefixed) Gnus group name.
   `----

b. "if prefixation is required" is so vague (to me) that your response
   is of no use to me in understanding anything.

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Dave Abrahams
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