From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/29662 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Shutko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: I am an idiot. Date: 29 Mar 2000 13:17:14 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035166296 3976 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 02:11:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 02:11:36 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from lisa.math.uh.edu (lisa.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.49]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94EBBD051E for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:21:56 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by lisa.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAB05884; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:21:47 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:21:14 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA04372 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:21:04 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from s1.nassau.cv.net (s1.optonline.net [167.206.112.6]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9271D051E for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:21:16 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from hunt108-151.optonline.net (hunt108-151.optonline.net [167.206.108.151]) by s1.nassau.cv.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA19976 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:21:14 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: (from ats@localhost) by hunt108-151.optonline.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA06876; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:21:12 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: ats set sender to ats@acm.org using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org Mail-Copies-To: nobody In-Reply-To: mcfarlan@neca.com's message of "29 Mar 2000 12:49:34 -0500" User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.5.91 Original-Lines: 18 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:29662 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:29662 mcfarlan@neca.com (D. Michael McFarland) writes: > Is there a general strategy for coping with this situation, where one > has somehow "lost" some of Gnus's state information? I suppose > quitting via Q is the best bet. Quitting immediately is always the best bet. When it looks like you've lost lots of groups because you hit C-g, you probably haven't lost them, just interrupted it while it was building the list, so you can safely save and quit. I only use Q when I really think lots has gone wrong. (I also save all the time, so hitting Q wouldn't be so bad.) -- Alan Shutko - In a variety of flavors! 226 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes, 15 seconds till we run away. The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.