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2.17 Misc Group Stuff

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Enter the server buffer (gnus-group-enter-server-mode). See section 6.1 Server Buffer.
a
Start composing a message (a news by default) (gnus-group-post-news). If given a prefix, post to the group under the point. If the prefix is 1, prompt for a group to post to. Contrary to what the name of this function suggests, the prepared article might be a mail instead of a news, if a mail group is specified with the prefix argument. See section 5. Composing Messages.
m
Mail a message somewhere (gnus-group-mail). If given a prefix, use the posting style of the group under the point. If the prefix is 1, prompt for a group name to find the posting style. See section 5. Composing Messages.
i
Start composing a news (gnus-group-news). If given a prefix, post to the group under the point. If the prefix is 1, prompt for group to post to. See section 5. Composing Messages. This function actually prepares a news even when using mail groups. This is useful for "posting" messages to mail groups without actually sending them over the network: they're just saved directly to the group in question. The corresponding back end must have a request-post method for this to work though.

Variables for the group buffer:

gnus-group-mode-hook
is called after the group buffer has been created.
gnus-group-prepare-hook
is called after the group buffer is generated. It may be used to modify the buffer in some strange, unnatural way.
gnus-group-prepared-hook
is called as the very last thing after the group buffer has been generated. It may be used to move point around, for instance.
gnus-permanently-visible-groups
Groups matching this regexp will always be listed in the group buffer, whether they are empty or not.
gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist
An alist of method and the charset for group names. It is used to show non-ASCII group names. For example:
(setq gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist
    '(((nntp "news.com.cn") . cn-gb-2312)))
gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist
An alist of regexp of group name and the charset for group names. It is used to show non-ASCII group names. ((".*" utf-8)) is the default value if UTF-8 is supported, otherwise the default is nil. For example:
(setq gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist
    '(("\\.com\\.cn:" . cn-gb-2312)))


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