draft directory : agent + restart bug

draft directory : agent + restart bug

[Richard Riley]

My, probably overzealous, nndraft/queue set up is

,----
|     (setq nnml-directory "~/.emacs.d/Mail/")
|     
|     (setq nndraft-directory "~/.emacs.d/Mail/drafts/")
|   
|     (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods nil)
|      
|     (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
|                  '(nndraft ""
|                            (nndraft-directory "~/.emacs.d/Mail/drafts/")
|                            ))
`----

All works fine. I go offline with the agent J j. Then, when I quit
gnus, nndraft-directory is reset back to .emacs.d/drafts on gnus
restart.

Re: draft directory : agent + restart bug

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:

> All works fine. I go offline with the agent J j. Then, when I quit
> gnus, nndraft-directory is reset back to .emacs.d/drafts on gnus
> restart.

Yes.  nndraft-directory is a backend slot, not a variable.

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: draft directory : agent + restart bug

[Richard Riley]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> All works fine. I go offline with the agent J j. Then, when I quit
>> gnus, nndraft-directory is reset back to .emacs.d/drafts on gnus
>> restart.
>
> Yes.  nndraft-directory is a backend slot, not a variable.

I'm sorry but I dont understand this at all. What is a backend slot? It
doesnt come up in a manual search.  

In my config I even had, out of my ignorance as to how all this works,
this bit you snipped : 

|     (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
|                  '(nndraft ""
|                            (nndraft-directory "~/.emacs.d/Mail/drafts/")
|                            ))

Is that not using a "back end slot"? If not could you explain a little
more please as the same issue or phrase has now stumped me with spam
splitting - the config I posted has been passed by gnus experts for
months and no one ever mentioned backend slots before

Sorry if this is obvious but I'm now officially lost ;(

thanks

r.