* Re: gnus writing to .emacs on every post [not found] <87d6i5shgo.fsf@cecilia.trollope.org> @ 2003-05-26 19:19 ` Erwan David [not found] ` <87znl976jb.fsf@cecilia.trollope.org> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Erwan David @ 2003-05-26 19:19 UTC (permalink / raw) Michael Powe <michael+gnus@trollope.org> 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! gnus tries to put your cancel-lock password in it. If you have none it generates one. -- Monde de merde ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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* Re: gnus writing to .emacs on every post [not found] ` <87znl976jb.fsf@cecilia.trollope.org> @ 2003-05-27 7:15 ` Erwan David 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Erwan David @ 2003-05-27 7:15 UTC (permalink / raw) Michael Powe <michael+gnus@trollope.org> wrote : >>>>>> "Erwan" == Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> writes: > > Erwan> Michael Powe <michael+gnus@trollope.org> 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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