From: Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: where is the gnus-sync documentation?
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:53:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hb2ez3fn.fsf@dod.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2ehxiz65z.fsf@boostpro.com>
>>>>> Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>:
> on Sun Nov 06 2011, Steinar Bang <sb-AT-dod.no> wrote:
>>>>>>> Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>:
>>> I want to understand what this module is for
>> Personally, I use gnus-sync v1 to sync nntp tick marks between three
>> different gnus installations (home desktop, home netbook, and work).
> That's what I figured, roughly.
>> But the new version of gnus-sync is capable of more.
> what, specifically?
I'm not quite sure yet. Topics for one thing. Ted would know.
>>> and how to use it.
>> Ah... that bit is still in the process of being nailed out, I think...?
> Even some very rough tutorial/getting started guide would be lovely.
Ok, from gnus-sync.el:
1. install CouchDB, set up a real server admin user, and create a
database, e.g. "tzz" and save the URL,
e.g. http://lesync.info:5984/tzz
2. run `M-: (gnus-sync-lesync-setup "http://lesync.info:5984/tzz" "tzzadmin" "mypassword" "mysalt" t t)'
(If you run it more than once, you have to remove the entry from
_users yourself. This is intentional. This sets up a database
admin for the "tzz" database, distinct from the server admin
user in (1) above.)
Then add the following to your .gnus.el (adjust the URL as appropriate):
(setq gnus-sync-backend '(lesync "http://lesync.info:5984/tzz")
gnus-sync-newsrc-groups '("nntp" "nnrss"))
Then start using the sync database:
Initially save the current read state to the database:
`C-u M-x gnus-sync-save RET'
(the prefix makes it save the current state of all groups)
On later sessions do `M-x gnus-sync-read RET' after starting gnus, and then
a `g' to fix the read count.
After reading some nntp stuff, you can do `M-x gnus-sync-save RET' at
any point in time (it takes hardly any time at all).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-08 21:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-06 21:22 Dave Abrahams
2011-11-06 22:07 ` Steinar Bang
2011-11-08 20:54 ` Dave Abrahams
2011-11-08 21:53 ` Steinar Bang [this message]
2011-11-09 0:44 ` Ted Zlatanov
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