Re: gnus-summary-move-article problem may be a .newsrc.eld problem.

[Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>]

Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu> writes:

> One question I have is, is the "expanded" server format prohibited for
> groups with the same server?

No, it's ok. I believe.

>     1) Run emacs.
>     2) "M-x gnus"
>     3) Press "y" to continue after the error.
>     4) "^"
>     5) Enter your nnml server
>     6) Press "u" to subscribe to the new primary group.
>     7) Exit all the way back to the *Groups* buffer.
>     8) "s"
> 
> If you look at the newsrc.eld file after this, you'll see that the
> main inbox's server is in "expanded" format.

I think I've fixed this a while ago, can you try Gnus from cvs?

> If after step 3 above, you just use "U" from the *Groups* buffer to
> subscribe to the new group rather than going into the server buffer
> with "^", then you won't get the expanded format for the server
> definition, you'll get just "nnml:mail.misc".  The same is true for
> the other ways I tried adding the new group(s) (i.e. "F", "A l 3", "S
> l 2", etc.).

Good.

> Anyway, I hope this helps, and if you need any more information, just
> let me know.

Hm, exactly in what way was the .newsrc file "trashed"?  How did it
manifest itself? Were you able to track it back to the code that did
the actual trashing?

The "method in expanded form" -> "short form" conversion should not
solve any bugs, it's only a feature. If Gnus trashes .newsrc.eld when
you have methods in expanded form, there's bug somewhere.