From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: how to kill a virtual group
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:18:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fsp7kwdp.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ee4rflwa.fsf@zoho.eu>
Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> writes:
> Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>
>>> Precisely this is the error I see! [1]
>>
>> Okay, this is something I've looked at several times over
>> the past couple years. I am not sure how to fix it mostly
>> because I don't understand the original intended behavior of
>> variables like `gnus-server-alist' and
>> `gnus-inserted-opened-servers'.
>
> `gnus-server-alist' has the docstring
>
> Servers created by Gnus, or via the server buffer.
> Servers defined in the user's config files do not appear
> here. This variable is persisted in the user’s
> .newsrc.eld file.
>
> I don't like the "servers defined in the user's config files
> do not appear here" part, exceptions like that are a bad sign,
> but as for what the variable expresses, it's clear what data
> it holds.
>
> `gnus-inserted-opened-servers' OTOH isn't documented. It is
> defined in gnus-srvr.el where it is then used four times.
>
> gnus-server-alist is used a lot tho, in several files. I think
> the "original intended behavior" is simply that it is used
> whenever it is needed :)
Right, I have read the docstring! And it is necessary to keep servers
defined in gnus.el separate from servers defined in-Gnus, via the
*Server* buffer.
But my `gnus-server-alist' has only ever held the "archive" server,
nothing else, so that's obviously not right. For some reason, servers
created in the *Server* buffer aren't added to `gnus-server-alist'.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-29 4:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-28 15:07 Uwe Brauer
2022-01-28 17:05 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-01-28 21:02 ` Uwe Brauer
2022-01-28 22:21 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-01-29 0:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-01-29 4:18 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2022-01-29 15:48 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-01-29 17:17 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-01-30 22:33 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-01-31 19:24 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-01-31 21:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-02-01 1:43 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-02-01 3:10 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-02-01 4:32 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-02-01 7:26 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-02-01 16:10 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-02-04 2:30 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-02-04 16:12 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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