Re: dribbling (was: random Gnus questions)

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>]

Joe Wells <jbw@cs.bu.edu> writes:

>     Joe> Well, then can you make the dribble buffer invisible so it
>     Joe> doesn't clutter up my buffer menu?
> 
>   Lars> I don't think that's a good idea.  It is a rather important
>   Lars> buffer...
> 
> It is important, but does one actually need to see it or do anything with
> it by hand?  Even if it were invisible, one could still switch to it with
> "C-x b" if one knows the name.  Someone who doesn't know how to switch to
> an invisible buffer probably shouldn't be mucking around with it anyway.

Yes, but shouldn't files that auto-save to some file have the file
name as the buffer name?  I think that's what's normal...

>     Joe> Also, is it safe to kill the .newsrc-XXX buffer?
> 
>   Lars> Hm.  I don't have any of those buffers.  When are they created?
> 
> I don't know for sure.  I've got one right now, and I didn't create it so
> Gnus must have.

Could you try to determine when Gnus creates it?  

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