From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/87823 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: swapping which account is my "primary" select method Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:56:28 -0800 Message-ID: <87d14c207n.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <337C011F-9607-42DB-A7D3-28F2F5E84715@raeburn.org> <87tvxqwjrw.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> <79953329-0EE8-4530-BD5E-449688CD1539@raeburn.org> <87o9nwagil.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1511207823 8889 195.159.176.226 (20 Nov 2017 19:57:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:57:03 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+m36037@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Nov 20 20:56:59 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from mxfilter-048035.atla03.us.yomura.com ([107.189.48.35]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eGsBb-0001q6-VL for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:56:56 +0100 X-Yomura-MXScrub: 1.0 Original-Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (unknown [129.7.128.208]) by mxfilter-048035.atla03.us.yomura.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id f8abc019-ce2c-11e7-8154-b499baabecb2; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:57:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eGsBR-0002PR-9f; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:56:45 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eGsBO-0002Oe-In for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:56:42 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eGsBN-0003GU-8D for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:56:42 -0600 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (helo=blaine.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1eGsBL-0003w0-Uk for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:56:39 +0100 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eGsB9-00009o-UY for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:56:27 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 44 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:I61FwTjdmd3337yyLwljzw2ZAL0= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:87823 Archived-At: 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