On 2007-09-13 13:09 +0100, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote: >>>>>> Leo wrote: >> On 2007-09-13 11:15 +0100, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote: > >>> If you have a nnml group, you can see its .overview file, that is just >>> NOV. It's a common format that most news servers use when >>> communicating with clients. It improves the performance. So, >>> disabling it is not a good idea unless it malfunctions in the server. >>> See also `nnml-nov-is-evil' and `nntp-nov-is-evil'. > > Oops. I overlooked `nndiary-nov-is-evil', `nndir-nov-is-evil', > `nnfolder-nov-is-evil', `nnimap-nov-is-evil', `nnspool-nov-is-evil', > and `nnwarchive-nov-is-evil'. > >> Do you think this should go to the manual?' > > Isn't it enough? > > (info "(gnus)Terminology") > ,---- > |"NOV" > | When Gnus enters a group, it asks the back end for the headers of > | all unread articles in the group. Most servers support the News > | OverView format, which is more compact and much faster to read and > | parse than the normal HEAD format. > `---- > > I take time ten times as long as Japanese to write English. ;-)
It is odd that it is not explained in the main text of the manual. Terminology is the last thing a user want to see. -- .: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: [ GPG Key: 9283AA3F ] :. => "(require 'cl) considered harmful" considered harmful => http://dto.freeshell.org/blog/blog-2007-09-07-2323.html _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
