From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 9126 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2022 19:27:44 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Nov 2022 19:27:44 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1otZgj-003fQr-H9 for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:27:41 -0600 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1otZgj-003JPh-0c for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:27:41 -0600 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1otZeC-003JP5-0G for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:25:04 -0600 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1otZe9-003fPr-CL for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:25:03 -0600 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Cc:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Message-ID:Date:Subject:From:To: Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=BY2YtEc56y9DLbw2ERdyTnIsX8bkLSW5Qgl4aM0gZCY=; b=YpZzkhRdEdwrkmHuqosVxOhhjV jd1IFTKwAFBpncZLIbikSQY894wTXGBQ+tjjgBdT1g7RI6ktFPJnnEz2EEN2QkMs5kjYvAWUdSCvA YiTqyzZagU7xbRSIMoAVx4THgoBEu8KWbhOOcSGCfmO9o0rQv1ueVOaP+67LMxeUDiUc=; Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1otZdz-0001Qx-NC for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:24:55 +0100 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1otZdw-0005eS-Nf for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:24:48 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: TRS-80 Subject: Announcing gnus-identities Followup-To: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:24:39 -0500 Message-ID: <87iljl5m6g.fsf@isnotmyreal.name> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tROVoTqhx/NQIzy3vSh4tRf87zk= Cc: info-gnus-english@gnu.org List-ID: Precedence: bulk gnus-identities https://git.sr.ht/~trs-80/gnus-identities "Identities" are not just separate email addresses, but entirely separate persona (although still under the same user at the Emacs and OS levels) whos data and configs[1] you would like to keep in completely separate folders for whatever reason: - Maybe you want to connect from distinct IP addresses per identity[2], or - Sync the folders per identity to different locations, or - Maybe you just prefer to have Gnus settings put away nicely according to XDG Base Directory Specification, instead of having them all over your Emacs/home directory, or - ? I suppose this is somewhat akin to the concept of "profiles" in browsers like Firefox and Chromium. This package provides a launcher to start Gnus with only one of the identities at a time, selecting it from a list. It also follows (by default) a folder scheme which adheres to the XDG Base Directory Specification (unlike Gnus itself). --- I actually wrote this some time ago, and have been using it ever since. It has been working well for me (as far as I can tell). Feel free to test, give feedback, etc. Maybe someone else finds it useful. If anyone more knowledgeable in Gnus development notices I got anything wrong (in particular, about locations of things), that would also be appreciated. Cheers, TRS-80 [1] For email and news only. This is intended for switching Gnus init files, not Emacs (for the latter, there is chemacs). [2] This was my original use case. As nnimap will apparently keep a connection alive to each server, I did not want to have all my identities together in one instance of Gnus.