From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/2550 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Erwan David Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: gnus writing to .emacs on every post Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 09:15:23 +0200 Organization: Inorganisé Message-ID: <85n0h8yi5w.fsf@bretagne.rail.eu.org> References: <87d6i5shgo.fsf@cecilia.trollope.org> <87znl9ms6j.fsf@bretagne.rail.eu.org> <87znl976jb.fsf@cecilia.trollope.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138668943 15549 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:55:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:55:43 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:30:52 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!oleane.net!oleane!nnrp.oleane.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhost.trusted-logic.fr Original-X-Trace: s1.read.news.oleane.net 1054019723 16614 194.250.150.5 (27 May 2003 07:15:23 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 07:15:23 +0000 (UTC) Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Portable Code, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wrKhUEXiNu7VTK5JiX3stItX3qc= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:2690 Original-Lines: 23 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 2690 Tue Jan 17 17:30:52 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:2550 Archived-At: Michael Powe wrote : >>>>>> "Erwan" == Erwan David writes: > > Erwan> Michael Powe wrote : > >> why is gnus trying to write to my .emacs file when i type C-c > >> C-c to send a post? this just started when i upgraded to > >> 5.10.2. it's very annoying, as i have my .emacs in rcs and so > >> it is not writable. and i don't want software writing to that > >> file, anyway! > > Erwan> gnus tries to put your cancel-lock password in it. If you > Erwan> have none it generates one. > > thanks. i looked it up in the manual. i'll see if i can figure a way > to stop it. If you do not share your .emacs, put your own cancel-lock password. If you share it, I think there is a way to put it in another file (you surely have a non shared configuration file). -- Monde de merde