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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (The Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys)
Subject: Undefined/undocumented terms
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:42:37 -0400

In the info manual, the page on Gnus Utility Functions
[[info:gnus#Gnus%20Utility%20Functions]] uses several terms that are
never defined, and other clarifications are in order:

> `gnus-newsgroup-name'
>      This variable holds the name of the current newsgroup.

Is that the prefixed or unprefixed name?

> `gnus-get-info'
>      Returns the group info list for GROUP.

"group info list" could use a cross-reference to
[[info:gnus#Group%20Info]]

> `gnus-active'
>      The active entry for GROUP.
> 
> `gnus-set-active'
>      Set the active entry for GROUP.

The term "active entry" is undefined.

> `gnus-server-equal'
>      Says whether two virtual servers are equal.

Where equality is defined how, for servers?

> `gnus-group-find-parameter'
>      Returns the parameter list of GROUP.  If given a second parameter,
>      returns the value of that parameter for GROUP.

Could use a link to [[info:gnus#Group%20Parameters]]




No Gnus v0.18
GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0 AppKit 1038.36)
 of 2011-09-12 on pluto.luannocracy.com
200 Leafnode NNTP Daemon, version 1.11.8 running at localhost (my fqdn: pluto.boostpro.com)
500 Unknown command

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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