;;; gnus-start.el --- startup functions for Gnus
-;; Copyright (C) 1996-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1996-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; Keywords: news
(defun gnus-activate-group (group &optional scan dont-check method
dont-sub-check)
"Check whether a group has been activated or not.
-If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
+If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well. If METHOD, use
+that select method instead of determining the method based on the
+group name. If DONT-CHECK, don't check check whether the group
+actually exists. If DONT-SUB-CHECK or DONT-CHECK, don't let the
+backend check whether the group actually exists."
(let ((method (or method (inline (gnus-find-method-for-group group))))
active)
(and (inline (gnus-check-server method))
;; Sort the methods based so that the primary and secondary
;; methods come first. This is done for legacy reasons to try to
- ;; ensure that side-effect behaviour doesn't change from previous
+ ;; ensure that side-effect behavior doesn't change from previous
;; Gnus versions.
(setq type-cache
(sort (nreverse type-cache)
((or (eq symbol options-symbol)
(eq symbol Options-symbol))
(setq gnus-newsrc-options
- ;; This concating is quite inefficient, but since our
+ ;; This concatting is quite inefficient, but since our
;; thorough studies show that approx 99.37% of all
;; .newsrc files only contain a single options line, we
;; don't give a damn, frankly, my dear.