From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/46487 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Reiner Steib <4uce.02.r.steib@gmx.net> Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: run agent in -batch mode reading a batch rc file instead of .gnus Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:01:39 +0200 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: Reply-To: reiner.steib@gmx.de NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031738562 31222 127.0.0.1 (11 Sep 2002 10:02:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:02:42 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17p4KW-00087H-00 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:02:40 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17p4Js-0005Tb-00; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 05:02:00 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 11 Sep 2002 05:02:37 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id FAA12074 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 05:02:23 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 2450 invoked by alias); 11 Sep 2002 10:01:42 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 2444 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2002 10:01:42 -0000 Original-Received: from theotp5.physik.uni-ulm.de (134.60.10.145) by gnus.org with SMTP; 11 Sep 2002 10:01:42 -0000 Original-Received: (from ste@localhost) by theotp5.physik.uni-ulm.de (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g8BA1dh24825; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:01:39 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: theotp5.physik.uni-ulm.de: ste set sender to reiner.steib@physik.uni-ulm.de using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org X-Face: .*T0'iU(sujq_j9\J>-d4fg;N/1++U#U$_5ii6k.=|"-n'?5O:Hyz&wi'-!I~,}7~GgT=0S /&-R5sbkNy5+Xo1y{Tw2KKxi@Xh"g@]Qc|.U<*]WDd)qvGowFDvfU1F]{EDho:7P0@|oOD=Bc{K4?> WP68K[Mx:}=`ZT'6g4'f+g?;`vri2!)xGy}3:=l'(/Cea0l4lo^H5#@/Z3ev Original-Lines: 41 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:46487 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:46487 On Tue, Sep 10 2002, Harry Putnam wrote: > Reiner Steib <4uce.02.r.steib@gmx.net> writes: > >> On Tue, Sep 10 2002, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >>> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article >>> that has been posted to gnu.emacs.gnus as well. >> >> I couldn't find the article in g.e.g. on my server. I don't think it's >> a good idea to do this, because the answers will be split between >> g.e.g and the ding list. > > Not sure I see why that is a bad thing. ,----[ in gnu.emacs.gnus ] | John Paul Wallington writes: | | > Harry Putnam wrote: | > | >> How can I run gnus in batch mode and force it to read some other rc | >> file instead of gnus. | > | > Have you tried changing the value of `gnus-init-file'? (untested) | | I hadn't tried that no, but it turned out to be the right tool. | A solution was posted on the ding list from Reiner Steib: | [...] `---- Is it more clear now? John probably doesn't read ding, so he couldn't see that the problem is already solved and he possibly wasted some time needlessly. This is annoying. Crossposting between ding and g.e.g isn't really possible (unlike e.g. between g.e.gnus and g.e.help). I'd recommend to ask in g.e.g unless the question is specific to Oort. Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- PGP key available via WWW http://rsteib.home.pages.de/