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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: how to kill a virtual group
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:32:40 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0efjjfb.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bkzrz3hg.fsf@zoho.eu>

Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>
>>> Yes, but why should it matter when they are _used_?
>>> Where and how they are defined?
>>
>> It matters when they are edited or deleted, that's all.
>> It doesn't make any sense to edit or delete servers defined
>> in .gnus.el via the *Server* buffer, because those changes
>> will not persist -- they'll be re-written next time you
>> start Gnus.
>
> Not necessarily, and besides:
>
> (setq some-integer 42)
> M-: (cl-incf some-integer) RET
> M-x kill-emacs RET

I don't understand this. If `some-integer' is set to 42 in your init
files, and you increment it, it will be back to 42 next time you start
Emacs, that's the point.



  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-01  4:33 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
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 [this message]
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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