Re: Gnus works `at it is' but isn't that a coincidence?

[Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>]

Uday S Reddy <u.s.reddy@cs.bham.ac.uk> writes:

Hi Uday,

>> Prefixed? Huh? In which way? You meant that if method1 is stuff1 and
>> method2 is stuff2, stuff1 is not prefixed, and, thus, everything
>> calling stuff1 without prefix will call stuff1, but, to call stuff2,
>> one needs to add some prefix before operations?
>
> I suppose what he means is that running `M-x gnus' connects to the
> primary method, but giving a prefix argument `C-u M-x gnus' allows you
> to connect to the other methods.  You have to type in the method you
> want to connect to and the group name in the minibuffer.

No, secondary methods are just handled like the primary one, but the
primary one is not prefixed with it's server and method name in the
*Group* buffer.

> I don't think it makes sense any more to split things into a "primary"
> method and "secondary" methods.  But old habits die hard...

Yes, so many people set the primary to nnnil and only use the secondary
ones.

Bye,
Tassilo