From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/68564 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: gnus-secondary-select-methods: what's the point? Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:57:05 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8763fnbhpp.fsf@engster.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1243454286 16482 80.91.229.12 (27 May 2009 19:58:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 19:58:06 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M16995@lists.math.uh.edu Wed May 27 21:58:03 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 1M9PGE-0005Jp-U6 for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 21:58:03 +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 1M9PFS-0007U6-JO; Wed, 27 May 2009 14:57:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1M9PFQ-0007Tr-U7 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 27 May 2009 14:57:12 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M9PFB-0002gV-2R for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 27 May 2009 14:57:12 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1M9PFe-0004vH-00 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 21:57:26 +0200 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1M9PF9-0002XR-4g for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 19:56:55 +0000 Original-Received: from 207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com ([207.172.223.249]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 19:56:55 +0000 Original-Received: from dave by 207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 19:56:55 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.93 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6Jj/IfGcFwMX098X05moHqy0yVY= X-Spam-Score: -3.6 (---) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:68564 Archived-At: on Tue May 26 2009, David Engster wrote: > In a nutshell, I see the following differences: > > * native method: doesn't have a prefix and will be ignored if you start > through gnus-no-server (only for groups with level >2). > > * secondary methods: do have a prefix, will not be ignored by > gnus-no-server (?). > > * foreign methods: won't be queried for new groups on startup. Server > vanishes if you unsubscribe from all its groups. Oh, that one's interesting. My IMAP server is the native method right now, and the startup query can be painful to wait through! > Otherwise, it's more or less a matter of taste. Some people like to have > their full configuration in .gnus, and not in .newsrc.eld, since the > latter isn't meant to be edited by hand. The *full* configuration? Does that mean it's possible to store the subscriptions in .gnus as well? -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com