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From: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: When does gnus read .gnus.el variables
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 21:33:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87385g7djt.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bnk4hat0.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es>

Alberto Luaces writes:

>> Can you reproduce the problem??

> Yes. [...]

How about in other Emacs-instances?

> When I quit gnus pressing q, and then restart it with M-x gnus, the
> variable is restored to its original value, not the one in ~/.gnus.el,
> which is the one I have just manually set.

Wauw.

When does it happen, after you quit Gnus, or after you have started Gnus again?

> Maybe there is something special about this variable since its help
> info says it is a "server variable".

I must admit I don't know elisp well enough to understand the entire
documentation of defvar, but this behaviour seems quite surprising to
me.


  Best regards,

    Adam

-- 
 "Så har den første snøen falt                                Adam Sjøgren
  men det er ikkje derfor det er kaldt"                  asjo@koldfront.dk


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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-05 17:52 Alberto Luaces
2015-03-06 18:31 ` Adam Sjøgren
2015-03-07 19:22   ` Alberto Luaces
2015-03-07 20:33     ` Adam Sjøgren [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.1406.1425577978.31049.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-03-05 23:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-06 17:57   ` Alberto Luaces
     [not found]   ` <mailman.1508.1425664677.31049.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-03-07 15:46     ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-07 19:19       ` Alberto Luaces
2015-03-07 20:35         ` Adam Sjøgren
     [not found]         ` <mailman.1606.1425760812.31049.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-03-07 21:02           ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-07 21:03             ` Adam Sjøgren
     [not found]             ` <mailman.1610.1425762253.31049.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-03-07 21:28               ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-07 21:35                 ` Adam Sjøgren
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.1614.1425764141.31049.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-03-07 21:46                   ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-07 21:56                     ` Adam Sjøgren
     [not found]                     ` <mailman.1615.1425765381.31049.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-03-08  0:31                       ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-09 17:49             ` Alberto Luaces
     [not found]       ` <mailman.1601.1425756311.31049.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-03-07 20:58         ` Emanuel Berg
2015-03-08  0:53         ` Emanuel Berg

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