From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/68617 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Engster Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Syncing gmane group read state across multiple gnusen Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:27:35 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1245328091 811 80.91.229.12 (18 Jun 2009 12:28:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:28:11 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M17044@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Jun 18 14:28:08 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MHGir-0002rz-6U for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:28:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MHGij-0001Sm-Ls; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:27:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MHGii-0001SZ-LE for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:27:56 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MHGiR-0007K2-Be for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:27:56 -0500 Original-Received: from m61s02.vlinux.de ([83.151.21.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1MHGiw-0001mm-00 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:28:10 +0200 Original-Received: from kafka.physik3.gwdg.de ([134.76.92.48] helo=kafka) by m61s02.vlinux.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MHGiO-0006Cp-2I for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:27:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Steinar Bang's message of "Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:02:35 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) Mail-Copies-To: never Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:68617 Archived-At: Steinar Bang 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