From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/36085 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sriram Karra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: gnus.texi : include default values for some variables Date: 02 May 2001 01:12:44 -0600 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035171730 6685 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:42:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:42:10 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 14136 invoked by alias); 2 May 2001 07:13:14 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 14131 invoked from network); 2 May 2001 07:13:14 -0000 Original-Received: from wrath.cs.utah.edu (155.99.198.100) by gnus.org with SMTP; 2 May 2001 07:13:14 -0000 Original-Received: from famine.cs.utah.edu (famine.cs.utah.edu [155.99.198.114]) by wrath.cs.utah.edu (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f427CjH16345 for ; Wed, 2 May 2001 01:12:45 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: by famine.cs.utah.edu (Postfix, from userid 1326) id 0C59F23A6E; Wed, 2 May 2001 01:12:44 -0600 (MDT) Original-To: ding@gnus.org Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.090002 (Oort Gnus v0.02) Emacs/20.4 Original-Lines: 156 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:36085 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:36085 The nodes discussing the virtual server seetings for the various mail backends do not give out the default values for the various variables. I had found that quite inconvenient when I was reading those nodes. Here is a patch that addresses the problem... -Sriram. -- All's well that ends. Index: gnus.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/gnus/texi/gnus.texi,v retrieving revision 6.73 diff -u -r6.73 gnus.texi --- gnus.texi 2001/05/01 17:10:32 6.73 +++ gnus.texi 2001/05/02 07:06:58 @@ -12552,16 +12552,18 @@ @table @code @item nnmbox-mbox-file @vindex nnmbox-mbox-file -The name of the mail box in the user's home directory. +The name of the mail box in the user's home directory. Default is +@file{~/mbox}. @item nnmbox-active-file @vindex nnmbox-active-file -The name of the active file for the mail box. +The name of the active file for the mail box. Default is +@file{~/.mbox-active}. @item nnmbox-get-new-mail @vindex nnmbox-get-new-mail If non-@code{nil}, @code{nnmbox} will read incoming mail and split it -into groups. +into groups. Default is @code{t}. @end table @@ -12581,15 +12583,17 @@ @table @code @item nnbabyl-mbox-file @vindex nnbabyl-mbox-file -The name of the rmail mbox file. +The name of the rmail mbox file. The default is @file{~/RMAIL} @item nnbabyl-active-file @vindex nnbabyl-active-file -The name of the active file for the rmail box. +The name of the active file for the rmail box. The default is +@file{~/.rmail-active} @item nnbabyl-get-new-mail @vindex nnbabyl-get-new-mail -If non-@code{nil}, @code{nnbabyl} will read incoming mail. +If non-@code{nil}, @code{nnbabyl} will read incoming mail. Default is +@code{t} @end table @@ -12630,23 +12634,28 @@ @item nnml-directory @vindex nnml-directory All @code{nnml} directories will be placed under this directory. +The default is the value of `message-directory' (whose default value is +@file{~/Mail}) @item nnml-active-file @vindex nnml-active-file -The active file for the @code{nnml} server. +The active file for the @code{nnml} server. The default is +@file{~/Mail/active"}. @item nnml-newsgroups-file @vindex nnml-newsgroups-file The @code{nnml} group descriptions file. @xref{Newsgroups File -Format}. +Format}. The default is @file{~/Mail/newsgroups"}. @item nnml-get-new-mail @vindex nnml-get-new-mail -If non-@code{nil}, @code{nnml} will read incoming mail. +If non-@code{nil}, @code{nnml} will read incoming mail. The default is +@code{t} @item nnml-nov-is-evil @vindex nnml-nov-is-evil -If non-@code{nil}, this backend will ignore any @sc{nov} files. +If non-@code{nil}, this backend will ignore any @sc{nov} files. The +default is @code{nil} @item nnml-nov-file-name @vindex nnml-nov-file-name @@ -12683,11 +12692,14 @@ @table @code @item nnmh-directory @vindex nnmh-directory -All @code{nnmh} directories will be located under this directory. +All @code{nnmh} directories will be located under this directory. The +default is the value of @code{message-directory} (whose default is +@file{~/Mail}) @item nnmh-get-new-mail @vindex nnmh-get-new-mail -If non-@code{nil}, @code{nnmh} will read incoming mail. +If non-@code{nil}, @code{nnmh} will read incoming mail. The default is +@code{t}. @item nnmh-be-safe @vindex nnmh-be-safe @@ -12696,7 +12708,7 @@ are. It will check date stamps and stat everything in sight, so setting this to @code{t} will mean a serious slow-down. If you never use anything but Gnus to read the @code{nnmh} articles, you do not have -to set this variable to @code{t}. +to set this variable to @code{t}. The default is @code{nil}. @end table @@ -12717,18 +12729,22 @@ @item nnfolder-directory @vindex nnfolder-directory All the @code{nnfolder} mail boxes will be stored under this directory. +The default is the value of @code{message-directory} (whose default is +@file{~/Mail}) @item nnfolder-active-file @vindex nnfolder-active-file -The name of the active file. +The name of the active file. The default is @file{~/Mail/active}. @item nnfolder-newsgroups-file @vindex nnfolder-newsgroups-file -The name of the group descriptions file. @xref{Newsgroups File Format}. +The name of the group descriptions file. @xref{Newsgroups File +Format}. The default is @file{~/Mail/newsgroups"} @item nnfolder-get-new-mail @vindex nnfolder-get-new-mail -If non-@code{nil}, @code{nnfolder} will read incoming mail. +If non-@code{nil}, @code{nnfolder} will read incoming mail. The default +is @code{t} @item nnfolder-save-buffer-hook @vindex nnfolder-save-buffer-hook @@ -12753,7 +12769,8 @@ @item nnfolder-nov-is-evil @vindex nnfolder-nov-is-evil -If non-@code{nil}, this backend will ignore any @sc{nov} files. +If non-@code{nil}, this backend will ignore any @sc{nov} files. The +default is @code{nil}. @end table