From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/17876 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Benjamin Slade Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: syncing groups/topics arrangement between machines? Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 09:46:07 -0700 Message-ID: <87twn2bjxs.fsf@jnanam.net> References: <87mvswh3tw.fsf@jnanam.net> <87fuyotpy6.fsf@debian.uxu> <87io3kh28t.fsf@jnanam.net> <87r3i8mn8a.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87twn3lhzh.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451321189 20366 80.91.229.3 (28 Dec 2015 16:46:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:46:29 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 28 17:46:20 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aDaw6-0004Kp-HF for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:46:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45099 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDaw5-0001nq-R3 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2015 11:46:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57673) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDaw3-0001ne-QZ for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2015 11:46:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDaw0-0004IO-Kg for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2015 11:46:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-s40.mailgun.us ([184.173.153.40]:55575) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDaw0-0004II-GD for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2015 11:46:12 -0500 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jnanam.net; q=dns/txt; s=krs; t=1451321171; h=Content-Type: MIME-Version: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Date: References: Subject: To: From: Sender; bh=qMM9dHFHmlisxmelcN5Ew7tl8lVRx4Du0WfHcZC4fgc=; b=Zdz6R9upjNDyvOeN1wHM9sGiT/swZBB2E99kzJ3m/3u5x8UzJlx1B/tHr4v3KtPBJGzurf+f ZqCr6A1jBvempnSb2kwC3CwHF5tRofGWibNCK500yl2lfNsSP/pzcesCgXBz3NmWGTaG53b5 e3jJRKd2RyFfGdXVohOtnymkY0Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=jnanam.net; s=krs; q=dns; h=Sender: From: To: Subject: References: Date: In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: Content-Type; b=Fq6g0/mwxq7HOvlsM1NFDPBsIXQRxLRiu5v5jLKJaorjjPPrhdWLuSWGcul9+gsxZVV8pj F/zEWs15ks/8I0Y0vn6I1Yg+i7Ea9BsVDOB+1ssF1+T0hlIkhGE2hq20T/TpWNg0MNy5EoZ7 x7vZUMvhwoEHnbC5TbzNN/KDl8IoA= X-Mailgun-Sid: WyI0MjM1NSIsICJpbmZvLWdudXMtZW5nbGlzaEBnbnUub3JnIiwgIjZlOWRiIl0= Original-Received: from sindhu.homepc (Unknown [104.156.228.87]) by mxa.mailgun.org with ESMTP id 56816751.7ff57c75a3b0-in7; Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:46:09 -0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <87twn3lhzh.fsf@debian.uxu> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Sun, 27 Dec 2015 22:05:54 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 184.173.153.40 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:17876 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> It's kept in the variable `gnus-topic-alist', which >> is saved to the file pointed to by >> `gnus-startup-file', which on this machine points to >> ~/.emacs.d/.newsrc. That's where gnus stores most of >> its state, including subscribed groups and >> message marks. >> >> I wouldn't recommend copying this file between >> machines -- I tried that before, and it didn't work >> out well. > > How so? > > If Gnus stores its state there and the state is > identical the result should be identical. If it isn't, > something is wrong. > > I'll try it right now and tell you how it went... I'll be curious how this experiment goes. I didn't seem to have much luck, but it may depend on not running Gnus while copying/syncing the .newsrc/.newsrc.eld files.