Re: Any way to control which articles Gnus summary shows by default?

[Emanuel Berg]

Michael Heerdegen wrote:

> I think you shouldn't need a hack to do this
> kind of thing.

Well, I agree it is optimal if it is provided
because it is such a natural feature, but using
a hook/advice I don't really consider a hack as
that is equally natural usage of *them*.

> A hack would probably call
> `gnus-summary-limit'

Are you sure? That one isn't documented, but
the interface doesn't have an argument or so to
imply one can process articles differently.

(gnus-summary-limit ARTICLES &optional POP)

> but it would be better if it would be
> configurable out of the box. Which I think is
> not the case. The code responsible for group
> selection is quite complex, but I have the
> impression that these things are hardcoded.

Did you manage to solve this the "hack"/hook
way? If so, even tho you consider it a hack, it
might be beneficial to the (official) developers
as I don't see why it can't just be moved from
your hook into where it fits into the Gnus
source just right.

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