Re: .newrc.eld renamed

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Something causing confusion here:
> Newsrc.eld has turned up with a new name.
> .newsrc-NNTP_SERVER.eld
>
> Is this something I've inadvertantly set or changed and forgot?
>
> I see no mention of .newsrc.eld in .gnus .emacs .site-start.el
> I see no mention of .newrc.eld in recent cvs ChangeLog
>
>
> M-x customize-apropos <RET> newsrc <RET> shows nothing that looks
> promising.
>
> C-h i m gnus i  newsrc.eld  gives one hit.. not promising

The text in this hit explains it, at least in my copy.  You probably
used Netscape or something that created a .newsrc-foo and Gnus picked
that up.  From the Info node:

   You can turn off writing the `.newsrc' file by setting
`gnus-save-newsrc-file' to `nil', which means you can delete the file
and save some space, as well as exiting from Gnus faster.  However,
this will make it impossible to use other newsreaders than Gnus.  But
hey, who would want to, right?  Similarly, setting
`gnus-read-newsrc-file' to `nil' makes Gnus ignore the `.newsrc' file
and any `.newsrc-SERVER' files, which is convenient if you have a
tendency to use Netscape once in a while.