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 11.7.1 Gnus Utility Functions
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 When writing small functions to be run from hooks (and stuff), it’s
 vital to have access to the Gnus internal functions and variables.
 Below is a list of the most common ones.
 
 ‘gnus-newsgroup-name’
      This variable holds the name of the current newsgroup.
 
 ‘gnus-find-method-for-group’
      A function that returns the select method for GROUP.
 
 ‘gnus-group-real-name’
      Takes a full (prefixed) Gnus group name, and returns the unprefixed
      name.
 
 ‘gnus-group-prefixed-name’
      Takes an unprefixed group name and a select method, and returns the
      full (prefixed) Gnus group name.
 
 ‘gnus-get-info’
      Returns the group info list for GROUP (Group Info).
 
 ‘gnus-group-unread’
      The number of unread articles in GROUP, or ‘t’ if that is unknown.
 
 ‘gnus-active’
      The active entry (i.e., a cons cell containing the lowest and
      highest article numbers) for GROUP.
 
 ‘gnus-set-active’
      Set the active entry for GROUP.
 
 ‘gnus-add-current-to-buffer-list’
      Adds the current buffer to the list of buffers to be killed on Gnus
      exit.
 
 ‘gnus-continuum-version’
      Takes a Gnus version string as a parameter and returns a floating
      point number.  Earlier versions will always get a lower number than
      later versions.
 
 ‘gnus-group-read-only-p’
      Says whether GROUP is read-only or not.
 
 ‘gnus-news-group-p’
      Says whether GROUP came from a news back end.
 
 ‘gnus-ephemeral-group-p’
      Says whether GROUP is ephemeral or not.
 
 ‘gnus-server-to-method’
      Returns the select method corresponding to SERVER.
 
 ‘gnus-server-equal’
      Says whether two virtual servers are essentially equal.  For
      instance, two virtual servers may have server parameters in
      different order, but this function will consider them equal.
 
 ‘gnus-group-native-p’
      Says whether GROUP is native or not.
 
 ‘gnus-group-secondary-p’
      Says whether GROUP is secondary or not.
 
 ‘gnus-group-foreign-p’
      Says whether GROUP is foreign or not.
 
 ‘gnus-group-find-parameter’
      Returns the parameter list of GROUP (Group Parameters).  If
      given a second parameter, returns the value of that parameter for
      GROUP.
 
 ‘gnus-group-set-parameter’
      Takes three parameters; GROUP, PARAMETER and VALUE.
 
 ‘gnus-narrow-to-body’
      Narrows the current buffer to the body of the article.
 
 ‘gnus-check-backend-function’
      Takes two parameters, FUNCTION and GROUP.  If the back end GROUP
      comes from supports FUNCTION, return non-‘nil’.
 
           (gnus-check-backend-function "request-scan" "nnml:misc")
           ⇒ t
 
 ‘gnus-read-method’
      Prompts the user for a select method.
 

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