From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/5378 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: larsi@ifi.uio.no (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Obscure bug with .newsrc Date: 29 Feb 1996 08:58:05 +0000 Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway Sender: larsi@ifi.uio.no Message-ID: References: <199602281141.GAA00743@illusion.apk.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035145990 32619 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 20:33:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:33:10 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: ding-request@ifi.uio.no Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by deanna.miranova.com (8.7.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA05181 for ; Thu, 29 Feb 1996 01:52:43 -0800 Original-Received: from eistla.ifi.uio.no (4867@eistla.ifi.uio.no [129.240.94.29]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Thu, 29 Feb 1996 09:58:08 +0100 Original-Received: (from larsi@localhost) by eistla.ifi.uio.no ; Thu, 29 Feb 1996 09:58:06 +0100 Original-To: ding@ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: "d. hall"'s message of Wed, 28 Feb 1996 06:41:56 -0500 Original-Lines: 27 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:5378 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:5378 "d. hall" writes: > If gnus-save-newsrc-file is set to nil, and activate (gnus-group-restart) > function, it seems to erase groups from the group buffer. I did this > accidentally today when I typed R when I forgot my focus was on the Emac X > window. At first I thought it just decided to hide them by switching > displayed levels on me, but L did not produce my missing newsgroups. In > gnus.el the function (gnus-group-restart) > > (defun gnus-group-restart (&optional arg) > "Force Gnus to read the .newsrc file." > (interactive "P") > (gnus-save-newsrc-file) > (gnus-setup-news 'force) > (gnus-group-list-groups arg)) > > Should a check be made before asking gnus-setup-news via 'force? Or maybe > bugging out as soon as we know we're not supposed to read the newsrc file. > It's a matter of capibility and second guessing the user's intentions. I don't quite understand. The FORCE parameter says that the .newsrc file is to be read. Does reading the .newsrc file kill groups off? It certainly shouldn't! -- "Yes. The journey through the human heart would have to wait until some other time."