* M-x gnus-no-server causes error in opening nnml folders
@ 2008-03-31 7:37 Sivaram Neelakantan
2008-04-01 1:30 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Sivaram Neelakantan @ 2008-03-31 7:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ding
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No Gnus v0.7
GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2008-03-26 on RELEASE
200 news.gmane.org InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.4.1 ready (posting ok).
If I launch no-server,I'm not able to enter nnml mail folders but it
works fine if I just do M-x gnus. No idea why.
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument consp nil)
gnus-agent-possibly-alter-active("sas-l" nil ("sas-l" 3 ((1 . 126)) ((seen ...) (tick 5)) nil ((total-expire . t) (expiry-wait . 10))))
gnus-select-newsgroup("sas-l" nil nil)
gnus-summary-read-group-1("sas-l" nil t nil nil nil)
gnus-summary-read-group("sas-l" nil t nil nil nil nil)
gnus-group-read-group(nil t)
gnus-group-select-group(nil)
gnus-topic-select-group(nil)
call-interactively(gnus-topic-select-group)
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sivaram
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* Re: M-x gnus-no-server causes error in opening nnml folders
2008-03-31 7:37 M-x gnus-no-server causes error in opening nnml folders Sivaram Neelakantan
@ 2008-04-01 1:30 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2008-04-01 10:23 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Katsumi Yamaoka @ 2008-04-01 1:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sivaram Neelakantan; +Cc: ding
>>>>> Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
> No Gnus v0.7
> GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2008-03-26 on RELEASE
> 200 news.gmane.org InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.4.1 ready (posting ok).
> If I launch no-server,I'm not able to enter nnml mail folders but it
> works fine if I just do M-x gnus. No idea why.
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument consp nil)
> gnus-agent-possibly-alter-active("sas-l" nil ("sas-l" 3 ((1 . 126)) ((seen ...) (tick 5)) nil ((total-expire . t) (expiry-wait . 10))))
> gnus-select-newsgroup("sas-l" nil nil)
> gnus-summary-read-group-1("sas-l" nil t nil nil nil)
> gnus-summary-read-group("sas-l" nil t nil nil nil nil)
> gnus-group-read-group(nil t)
> gnus-group-select-group(nil)
> gnus-topic-select-group(nil)
> call-interactively(gnus-topic-select-group)
> ------------------ Environment follows ------------------
[...]
> (setq gnus-select-method
> '(nnml ""))
The backtrace says that the active data for the sas-l group is
nil, it means the group has not been activated. It will probably
be because the group level for the sas-l group is 3, although you
use `gnus-no-server':
,---- (info "(gnus)The Server is Down") ----
| it will just activate all groups on level
| 1 and 2. (You should preferably keep no native groups on those two
| levels.) Also *note (info "(gnus)Group Levels").
`----
Furthermore, it will also be one of the causes that the topic
mode shows even the groups that have not been activated (bug?).
Maybe the solution is:
,---- (info "(gnus)Group Levels") ----
| `S l'
| Set the level of the current group. If a numeric prefix is given,
| the next N groups will have their levels set. The user will be
| prompted for a level.
`----
Otherwise you can use `M-3 M-x gnus' (`M-3' means `Meta 3', which
can be replaced with `C-u 3' or `ESC 3').
BTW, `M-2 M-x gnus' is similar to `M-x gnus-no-server', but the
former doesn't modify the value of the variable
`gnus-group-use-permanent-levels' while the later does. I like
the former.
Regards,
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* Re: M-x gnus-no-server causes error in opening nnml folders
2008-04-01 1:30 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
@ 2008-04-01 10:23 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2008-04-02 2:27 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Sivaram Neelakantan @ 2008-04-01 10:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ding
Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>>>>>> Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
[...]
> Furthermore, it will also be one of the causes that the topic
> mode shows even the groups that have not been activated (bug?).
> Maybe the solution is:
>
> ,---- (info "(gnus)Group Levels") ----
> | `S l'
> | Set the level of the current group. If a numeric prefix is given,
> | the next N groups will have their levels set. The user will be
> | prompted for a level.
> `----
Well, that fixed it. But now I have the problem that it does try to
access the mailserver when I set the level to 2. Sometimes I just want
offline access to the mailbox. gnus-no-server was intuitive except
for the frightening error. :) Really, for a minute I thought the nnml
mail folder was a goner.
At least, can there be a graceful "no" instead of an error like that?
>
> Otherwise you can use `M-3 M-x gnus' (`M-3' means `Meta 3', which
> can be replaced with `C-u 3' or `ESC 3').
>
That's not the easiest thing to hit to get offline access is it? :)
Granted, anything Gnus and easiest do not sit well on the same
sentence.
*ducks
sivaram
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* Re: M-x gnus-no-server causes error in opening nnml folders
2008-04-01 10:23 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
@ 2008-04-02 2:27 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Katsumi Yamaoka @ 2008-04-02 2:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ding
>>>>> Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>> ,---- (info "(gnus)Group Levels") ----
>>| `S l'
>>| Set the level of the current group. If a numeric prefix is given,
> Well, that fixed it. But now I have the problem that it does try to
> access the mailserver when I set the level to 2. Sometimes I just want
> offline access to the mailbox. gnus-no-server was intuitive except
> for the frightening error. :) Really, for a minute I thought the nnml
> mail folder was a goner.
> At least, can there be a graceful "no" instead of an error like that?
Maybe `gnus-unplugged' is for you.
,---- (info "(gnus)Agent Basics") ----
| [...]
| * You start Gnus with `gnus-unplugged'. This brings up the Gnus
| Agent in a disconnected state. You can read all the news that you
| have already fetched while in this mode.
|
| * You then decide to see whether any new news has arrived. You
| connect your machine to the net (using PPP or whatever), and then
| hit `J j' to make Gnus become "plugged" and use `g' to check for
| new mail as usual. To check for new mail in unplugged mode (*note
| Mail Source Specifiers::).
| [...]
`----
I don't use it, but verified with a new temporary user account
that `gnus-unplugged' doesn't connect to the mail source.
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