From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/74000 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: updating backend marks immediately Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:16:50 -0600 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <874obppbct.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <87pquku8wi.fsf@uwo.ca> <87wromp358.fsf@lifelogs.com> <874obq2d61.fsf@uwo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1289395215 22081 80.91.229.12 (10 Nov 2010 13:20:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:20:15 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M22368@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Nov 10 14:20:11 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PGAax-0000uW-1M for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:20:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PGAat-0005Qv-Ml; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:20:07 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PGAas-0005Qg-8R for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:20:06 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PGAar-0004x3-8Z for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:20:06 -0600 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1PGAaq-00014E-00 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:20:04 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PGAaq-0000qc-C7 for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:20:04 +0100 Original-Received: from 38.98.147.130 ([38.98.147.130]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:20:04 +0100 Original-Received: from tzz by 38.98.147.130 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:20:04 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 38 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.98.147.130 X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7MaeFWQzYkT90KBszXu8AtmUfCw= X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:74000 Archived-At: On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:13:58 -0500 Dan Christensen wrote: DC> Ted Zlatanov writes: >> On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:32:45 -0400 Dan Christensen wrote: >> DC> I'd like to update the marks on my imap server whenever they change in DC> an nnimap summary buffer. This seems to do the trick: >> DC> (add-hook 'gnus-summary-update-hook 'gnus-summary-update-info) >> DC> It updates the imap server, but doesn't save the .newsrc or the dribble DC> file, so it's quick. >> >> I would find it surprising if `Q' didn't work. I think your change >> would break that. DC> I think you're right, but for me, it's a worthwhile trade-off. I DC> essentially never use Q, but I like my imap server to be kept DC> up-to-date. For example, without the above, I might walk away from my DC> laptop while my INBOX is open, and when I get to work, none of the DC> triage I've done is visible. DC> (Except that moves and deletes are propagated immediately. They can't DC> be undone with Q either, so in a sense my adjustment above makes things DC> more consistent.) DC> In any case, I wasn't proposing that Gnus be changed to behave this way DC> by default. Maybe it could be enabled with a server or group parameter. DC> Or maybe anyone who wants to do it can google and find my solution DC> above. I think it's worth a global variable. gnus-update-marks-immediately or something. I can't imagine why someone would want it just for a few servers or groups. But it should be documented with lots of warnings. Anyone else with a comment? Ted