Re: Syncing gmane group read state across multiple gnusen

[David Engster <deng@randomsample.de>]

Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:
>>>>>> Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>:
>
>> Does Gnus use the standard newsrc format? 
>
> Yes and no.  It writes a .newsrc file for its primary NNTP server, but I
> don't know if, and if so: when, it reads it.

It reads it if gnus-read-newsrc-file is t (the default).

If will read if *after* it has read .newsrc.eld, so it should update the
read articles from .newsrc, but I never tested this. Other information
(ticked articles, killed groups, foreign/secondary methods, etc.) are
only stored in newsrc.eld, of course.

>> If it does, then what you're asking should be a breeze, because the
>> newsrc files are by definition single-server only already.  Thus, it
>> would seem a natural fit for tracking status on a single shared server
>> when others aren't shared, just find the appropriate newsrc file for
>> each one and share it, leaving the others alone.
>
> Right.  If I switch primary NNTP server, that isn't gmane today, _and_
> if Gnus can be persuaded to actually read the .newsrc file, then this
> should be possible.

Be aware that different servers usually have different article
numbers.

-David