File: nnselect.el.html
This is a "virtual" backend that allows an arbitrary list of
articles to be treated as a Gnus group. An nnselect group uses an
nnselect-spec group parameter to specify this list of
articles. nnselect-spec is an alist with two keys:
nnselect-function, whose value should be a function that returns
the list of articles, and nnselect-args. The function will be
applied to the arguments to generate the list of articles. The
return value should be a vector, each element of which should in
turn be a vector of three elements: a real prefixed group name, an
article number in that group, and an integer score. The score is
not used by nnselect but may be used by other code to help in
sorting. Most functions will just choose a fixed number, such as
100, for this score.
For example the search function gnus-search-run-query applied to
arguments specifying a search query (see "gnus-search.el") can be
used to return a list of articles from a search. Or the function
can be the identity and the args a vector of articles.
Defined variables (6)
nnir-retrieve-headers-override-function | A function that retrieves article headers for ARTICLES from GROUP. |
nnselect-active-file | nnselect active file. |
nnselect-allow-ephemeral-expiry | If non-nil, articles in ephemeral nnselect groups are subject to expiry. |
nnselect-directory | Directory for the nnselect backend. |
nnselect-groups-file | nnselect groups description file. |
nnselect-retrieve-headers-override-function | A function that retrieves article headers for ARTICLES from GROUP. |