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.
next prev parent 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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