Re: SCORE doesn't work in Gnus

Re: SCORE doesn't work in Gnus

[Jan Vroonhof]

nicene@bigfoot.com (Andie) writes:

> Windows doesn't permit files with ":" in the filename and the score
> file for foreign servers contains the character. As a result, whenever 
> Gnus tries to save score customisation for a foreign group, it
> hangs. Emacs for Win32 doesn't have the problem as the score file uses 
> "_" instead of ":".

Hmmm. This seems more like a gnus problem to me. Do you mean that
NTEmacs, mangles filenames automatically? From what I can see gnus
doesn't seem to use any special code for NTEmacs here.

Jan

Re: SCORE doesn't work in Gnus

[Simon Josefsson]

Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:

> nicene@bigfoot.com (Andie) writes:
> 
> > Windows doesn't permit files with ":" in the filename and the score
> > file for foreign servers contains the character. As a result, whenever 
> > Gnus tries to save score customisation for a foreign group, it
> > hangs. Emacs for Win32 doesn't have the problem as the score file uses 
> > "_" instead of ":".
> 
> Hmmm. This seems more like a gnus problem to me. Do you mean that
> NTEmacs, mangles filenames automatically? From what I can see gnus
> doesn't seem to use any special code for NTEmacs here.

If Gnus is used under Win32 this is required:

(setq nnheader-file-name-translation-alist '((?: . ?_)
                                             (?+ . ?-)))

OTOH this should be the default for theese systems -- so make sure the
variable contain the proper value.

The check is

        (string-match "windows-nt\\|os/2\\|emx" (symbol-name system-type))

would that evaluate to true on a Windows 95/98 system, I wonder?

Re: SCORE doesn't work in Gnus

[Craig Lanning]

At 09:05 PM 11/13/99 +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:
>
>> nicene@bigfoot.com (Andie) writes:
>> 
>> > Windows doesn't permit files with ":" in the filename and the score
>> > file for foreign servers contains the character. As a result, whenever 
>> > Gnus tries to save score customisation for a foreign group, it
>> > hangs. Emacs for Win32 doesn't have the problem as the score file uses 
>> > "_" instead of ":".
>> 
>> Hmmm. This seems more like a gnus problem to me. Do you mean that
>> NTEmacs, mangles filenames automatically? From what I can see gnus
>> doesn't seem to use any special code for NTEmacs here.
>
>If Gnus is used under Win32 this is required:
>
>(setq nnheader-file-name-translation-alist '((?: . ?_)
>                                             (?+ . ?-)))
>
>OTOH this should be the default for theese systems -- so make sure the
>variable contain the proper value.
>
>The check is
>
>        (string-match "windows-nt\\|os/2\\|emx" (symbol-name system-type))
>
>would that evaluate to true on a Windows 95/98 system, I wonder?

On Win98 mingw32 build, XEmacs 21.2 b19 (from CVS):

(string-match "windows-nt\\|os/2\\|emx" (symbol-name system-type))
0
(symbol-name system-type)
"windows-nt"

Re: SCORE doesn't work in Gnus

[Per Abrahamsen]

Craig Lanning <CraigL@DyCon.com> writes:

> On Win98 mingw32 build, XEmacs 21.2 b19 (from CVS):
> 
> (string-match "windows-nt\\|os/2\\|emx" (symbol-name system-type))
> 0
> (symbol-name system-type)
> "windows-nt"

On NT cygwin build, XEmacs 21.0 (From CygWIN 1.0 CD).

(string-match "windows-nt\\|os/2\\|emx" (symbol-name system-type))
==> nil
(symbol-name system-type)
==> "cygwin32"

Re: SCORE doesn't work in Gnus

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

> (string-match "windows-nt\\|os/2\\|emx" (symbol-name system-type))
> ==> nil
> (symbol-name system-type)
> ==> "cygwin32"

I've now added this to the check.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: SCORE doesn't work in Gnus

[Shenghuo ZHU]

>>>>> "Andie" == Andie  <nicene@bigfoot.com> writes:


[...]

>> If Gnus is used under Win32 this is required:
>> 
>> (setq nnheader-file-name-translation-alist '((?: . ?_)
>> (?+ . ?-)))
>> 

Andie> Tried this but it doesn't solve the problem. Rescoring the
Andie> buffer would most definitely hang XEmacs/Win32.

There is a patch solve SCORE file name problem in CVS (0.99-pre).

-- 
Shenghuo

Re: SCORE doesn't work in Gnus

[Jody M. Klymak]

Hmmm, I wonder if this is why gnus would hang for me in certain groups
when using XEmacs/NT?  Gnus hanging up under Xemacs/NT is the main
reason I'm not using XEmacs/NT right now.  Perhaps its worth another
look....

Cheers,  Jody

>>>>> "JV" == Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:

    JV> nicene@bigfoot.com (Andie) writes:
    >> Windows doesn't permit files with ":" in the filename and the
    >> score file for foreign servers contains the character. As a
    >> result, whenever Gnus tries to save score customisation for a
    >> foreign group, it hangs. Emacs for Win32 doesn't have the
    >> problem as the score file uses "_" instead of ":".

    JV> Hmmm. This seems more like a gnus problem to me. Do you mean
    JV> that NTEmacs, mangles filenames automatically? From what I can
    JV> see gnus doesn't seem to use any special code for NTEmacs
    JV> here.

    JV> Jan

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