Emanuel Berg <in...@dataswamp.org> writes: > Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > >>>> Thanks it worked. I thought you had a repeating n key, but >>>> it's really a thing, nnnil. >>>> >>>> https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/lisp/gnus/nnnil.el >>> >>> What's nn anyway, network news? >> >> The naming is built on the original protocol, nntp: Network >> News Transfer Protocol. As Gnus grew the ability to speak >> more protocols, they all got the same nn* prefix. I actually >> find it sort of handy for distinguishing discussions about >> IMAP or maildir from the Gnus backends, but I agree there >> shouldn't be any need for nnnil. > > That, the last thing, I didn't say tho. > > We need nil (and /dev/null) so why not nnnil?
We needs The Knights Who Say nnnil!
