Re: swapping which account is my "primary" select method

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

> Ken writes:
>
>> Is there any special status given to “native” groups that I might
>> still care about, or does it all Just Work?
>
> Not that I remember, I've been running with '(nnnil) as
> primary-select-method for years.

I think the only real difference is that groups belonging to the primary
method show up in the Group buffer *without* their server prefix string.
So:

primary method:
gmane.emacs.gnus.general

secondary method:
news.gmane.org:gmane.emacs.gnus.general

AFAICT, that's the only user-visible difference. I suppose one other
thing is that you can't set the primary method via the Server buffer;
that always has to be defined in your gnus.el file.

>>> I.e. set gnus-select-method to '(nnnil) [at the point where you don't
>>> need that account any more], and have all your select methods secondary,
>>> and therefore qualified and "equal”.
>>
>> I kind of like how this matches what I’ve seen in some of the other
>> MUAs I’ve been using recently, though Gnus has quite a way to go
>> before its account configuration is as friendly as some of the others.
>
> I don't think it is that bad any more - the last run Lars had through it
> improved a lot of things, but it was some years ago, so if you have a
> bunch of good ideas, let's hear them :-)
>
>> (Maybe I should put a few ideas on the “Gnus Wish List” emacswiki
>> page. :-)
>
> Yes! And/or post them here on the mailing list.

Please do both!

Eric