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Hi everyone!

While in summary buffer how can I make gnus fetching already read articles in two situations:

1) while in a thread with some articles already read (and thus not visible). I would like to complete the thread with all the articles (not only parents!) read or unread.

2) fetch last N read articles which are not visible.

Thanks a ton!

+1  A: 

For the first question, try

(setq gnus-fetch-old-headers 'some) 

in your .gnus

for the second, when you select the group, it should ask you how many old articles you want to fetch. Does that not work?

Noufal Ibrahim
I needed those actions after entering the summary buffer. Gilles pointed out the solution. Thanks for the answer anyway.
VitoshKa
+2  A: 

In the summary buffer, to fetch the parent, use ^ (gnus-summary-refer-parent-article) (also available as <menu-bar> <Article> <Fetch parent of article>).

To fetch the whole thread (at least the part that's still on your server), use A T (gnus-summary-refer-thread) (<menu-bar> <Article> <Fetch current thread>).

To fetch more articles, use / o (gnus-summary-insert-old-articles) (also available as <menu-bar> <Gnus> <See old articles>).

Gilles
Oh, thanks. It was exactly what I needed. A good lesson to look into menus for the feature. I was completely ignoring them; such a bad habit:)
VitoshKa
+1 for the super precise answers.
Noufal Ibrahim