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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Or maybe the active file should simply be removed completely (not replaced
> by .active), the active info could be kept in .newsrc.eld (.marks)  
> instead.  If we change the format of .marks it would even be simple to
> manipulate it from shell/perl scripts.  Hm, what do you think?

If it is not necessary to recursively search too often, then it's
fine.  In particular, avoiding recursive search on startup and on `g'
would be enough, I think.

Changing the .marks format is nice but not urgent, I guess.

kai
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