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Andrew C. Feren writes:
>
>According to the documentation:
>
>   * Gnus now has its own startup file (`.gnus') to avoid cluttering up
>     the `.emacs' file.
>
>(yea I know this isn't exactly news, but ...)
>
>Other than avoiding clutter are there any other reasons to us a .gnus
>file?
>
>Just Curious.

  I allow the user to have a ~/.w3/profile file that gets loaded so that I
can read/write to it instead of having to grok an entire .emacs file when
doing customizations (There are some preferences panels in Emacs-W3 -
haven't moved to custom yet).

-Bill P.