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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> > I sense that I'm missing out on some nice functionality. How does the
> > updated active file, new messages etc get to the unplugged
> > version.
> 
> Er, well, you press `g'.  :-)

No wonder I missed it!  Its one of those ultra esoteric, two handed
stealth commands that emacs is famous for.   : )

> Ok, here's what I do.
> 
> In the Emacs that I'm reading news in, I start with:
> 
> (defun pgnus-unplugged ()
>   (interactive)
>   (setq gnus-plugged nil)
>   (gnus))
> 
> And then I just read, and answer, and stuff.  I never plug in.  Well,
> I do sometimes, but usually not.
> 
> In the other Emacs, I call the following command:
> 
> (defun lars-fetch-news ()
>   (interactive)
>   (push "~/pgnus/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))
> 
> I call this command whenever I want to send/get new mail/news.

Thanks... this looks nifty