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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> >  (defun lars-fetch-news ()
> >    (interactive)
> >    (push "/usr/local/pgnus-0.96/lisp" load-path)
> >    (let ((init-file-user "")
> >  	(gnus-always-read-dribble-file t))
> >      (gnus))
> >    (gnus-group-send-drafts)
> >    (gnus-agent-fetch-session)
> >    (gnus-group-quit))
> 
> This looks as if it was intended to be run from the command line, like
> ``emacs -batch -f lars-fetch-news''.

[...] snip

I hadn't really thought to use it in batch mode but now that you
mention it, it does work well that way.  I think even better than some
scanning fucntion.  This way I was able to set a simple keyboard
sequence to run a batch command and this function, while having an
off-line (machine is online of course) gnus running that I read and
post from.  So by pressing a couple keys , I can call the above
functionn in batch mode then view the results in the off-line gnus by
pressing 'g'.   The running gnus never goes online.   Nice.