From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/54712 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Steven E. Harris" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: (Yet another stab at) Sharing ~/.newsrc.eld among multiple Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:43:43 -0800 Organization: SEH Labs Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068158730 32235 80.91.224.253 (6 Nov 2003 22:45:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:45:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M3253@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Nov 06 23:45:27 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AHssZ-0000yU-00 for ; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 23:45:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AHssT-0005Q7-00; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:45:21 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AHssP-0005Q2-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:45:17 -0600 Original-Received: from lax-gate4.raytheon.com (lax-gate4.raytheon.com [199.46.200.233]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB0F53A004B for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:45:14 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from ds02w00.directory.ray.com (ds02w00.directory.ray.com [147.25.146.118]) by lax-gate4.raytheon.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hA6MjEWK019135 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:45:14 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ds02w00.directory.ray.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ds02w00.directory.ray.com (8.12.10/8.12.1) with ESMTP id hA6Mj6ZZ008687 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:45:13 GMT Original-Received: Received: from L75001820.sdo.us.ray.com ([192.27.58.82]) by ds02w00.directory.ray.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA6Mj0M5008573 sender seharris@raytheon.com for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:45:00 GMT Original-Received: from sharr by L75001820.sdo.us.ray.com with local (Exim 4.24) id HNYCGV-0005E0-AF for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:43:43 -0800 Original-To: ding@gnus.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, cygwin32) Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54712 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:54712 Simon Josefsson writes: > If you change it manually, do things work? No. I edited .newsrc.eld like so: ,---- | (setq gnus-agent-covered-methods '("nnimap+panix" "nnimap+speakeasy")) `---- Upon startup, Gnus fails on the "nnimap+panix" string: ,----[ *Message-Log* fragment ] | Opening nnimap server on panix... | Opening nnimap server on panix...done | nnimap: Listing subscribed mailboxes on panix... | nnimap: Listing subscribed mailboxes on panix...done | Opening nnimap server on speakeasy... | Opening nnimap server on speakeasy...done | nnimap: Listing subscribed mailboxes on speakeasy... | nnimap: Listing subscribed mailboxes on speakeasy...done | 2 new newsgroups have arrived | Checking new news... | Checking new news...done | Wrong type argument: listp, "nnimap+panix" `---- Here's the backtrace: ,---- | Signaling: (wrong-type-argument listp "nnimap+panix") | gnus-agent-lib-file("flags") | gnus-agent-possibly-synchronize-flags() | gnus-agent-toggle-plugged(t) | gnus-agent-mode() | run-hooks(gnus-agent-mode) | apply(run-hooks gnus-agent-mode) | gnus-run-hooks(gnus-group-mode-hook) | gnus-group-mode() | gnus-group-setup-buffer() | gnus-group-list-groups(nil) | byte-code("..." [gnus-slave gnus-current-startup-file gnus-startup-file did-connect level dont-connect gnus-group-quit gnus-run-hooks gnus-startup-hook gnus-make-newsrc-file gnus-dribble-read-file bbb-login add-hook gnus-summary-mode-hook gnus-grouplens-mode gnus-request-create-group "queue" (nndraft "") "drafts" (nndraft "") gnus-setup-news nil gnus-setup-news-hook gnus-start-draft-setup gnus-group-list-groups gnus-group-first-unread-group gnus-configure-windows group gnus-group-set-mode-line gnus-started-hook gnus-use-dribble-file gnus-use-grouplens gnus-agent] 4) | gnus-1(nil nil nil) | gnus(nil) | call-interactively(gnus) | command-execute(gnus t) | execute-extended-command(nil) | call-interactively(execute-extended-command) `---- > I think I agree that Gnus should be storing a short-form server name > there. How do we get there from here? -- Steven E. Harris :: seh@panix.com