From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/58550 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Greiner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus losing information about what has been read Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:59:31 -0500 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 1095901348 10127 80.91.229.6 (23 Sep 2004 01:02:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:02:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M7088@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Sep 23 03:02:16 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13] ident=mail) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CAHzz-0002mq-00 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 03:02:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1CAHxX-0002zF-00; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:59:43 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1CAHxQ-0002z9-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:59:36 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CAHxO-00018L-Jk for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:59:34 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [80.91.224.244]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7293A0041 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:59:32 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CAHxL-0000yJ-00 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:59:31 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-69-33-218-34.chi.megapath.net Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1095901171 3720 69.33.218.34 (23 Sep 2004 00:59:31 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:59:31 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:88dXMfs/WpMgcyZ0tFARnW7gYcY= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58550 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58550 Ralf Angeli writes: > * Kevin Greiner (2004-09-22) writes: > >> Ralf Angeli writes: >> >>> I don't know exactly if it is the same problem, but for me Gnus >>> forgets marks with the following usage pattern: >>> >>> When being online, start Gnus in "Plugged" state (`emacs -f gnus'). >>> Download new (nntp) articles with `J s' into the agent. Go into >>> "Unplugged" state with `J j'. Read the new articles or mark them as >>> read, e.g. with `c y'. Close Gnus with `q y' and close Emacs. Start >>> Emacs/Gnus again in "Plugged" state. The read articles will be marked >>> unread again. (If it doesn't "work" the first time, maybe try the >>> pattern once again.) One can distinguish read articles which are not >>> marked as read from really new articles. The latter have an unseen >>> mark (`.') in the summary buffer. >>> >>> Those problems started with the introduction of marks for nntp. >> >> These problems occur because you are not sync'ing the marks that were >> cached in the agent (while unplugged) when you next plug in. What you >> have to do is press 'J Y' in the group buffer BEFORE opening a summary >> buffer. >> >> If you don't want to do the 'J Y', update to "No Gnus 0.3, Sept 21". >> I just checked in the patch to always bypass the agent when writing >> nntp marks. > > Hm, neither typing `J Y' nor using a fresh CVS checkout (I can see the > variable `gnus-servers-that-use-local-marks') make a difference here. My patch was defective. I had tested physical unplugging rather than gnus "unplugged". I've updated gnus-int.el again. Kevin