From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/19959 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: how to start unplugged gracefully Date: 18 Dec 1998 18:13:07 -0800 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035158219 14289 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:56:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:56:59 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from karazm.math.uh.edu (karazm.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.1]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA03813 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 21:15:19 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by karazm.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAB19202; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 20:15:06 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 18 Dec 1998 20:15:09 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA10469 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 20:15:01 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mtiwmhc03.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc03.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.38]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA03795 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 21:14:52 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from reader.newsguy.com ([12.72.160.189]) by mtiwmhc03.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.05 118 121 101) with ESMTP id <19981219021414.GCZZ27582@reader.newsguy.com> for ; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 02:14:14 +0000 Original-Received: (from reader@localhost) by reader.newsguy.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA00476; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:13:07 -0800 Original-To: ding@gnus.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.070066 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.66) Emacs/20.3 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Original-Lines: 27 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:19959 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:19959 Opening gnus "unplugged" is easy enough to do. Either " emacs -l ~/.gnus -f gnus-unplugged" from the command line or M-x "gnus-unplugged" from a running emacs once "gnus-agent" libraries are loaded. Only problem is neither way allows access to postings in the "agent" directory. That is, no news groups can be entered even though there are postings on disk in the "agent" directory. Attempts to open such groups gives the messages: o Retrieving newsgroup: gnu.emacs.gnus... o Opening nntp server on enews.newsguy.com... o o Opened server enews.newsguy.com using directory o ~/News/agent/nntp/enews.newsguy\.com/ o Couldn't request group gnu.emacs.gnus: Opened server enews.newsguy.com o using di\rectory ~/News/agent/nntp/enews.newsguy.com/ Am I just the last one to figure out how to access the Agent directory starting unplugged? Or is it even possible to do so? Starting plugged then going unplugged works fine. But it is sometimes not possible to have an internet connection. -- Harry Putnam Running Redhat Linux 5.1