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? -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal
