Emanuel Berg <in...@dataswamp.org> writes: > Richmond 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.
