From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/15884 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Fritz Wuehler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: hacking the .eld file b/c virtual groups are "read-only servers" Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:52:39 +0200 Organization: Frell Anonymous Remailer Message-ID: 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 1349726112 11058 80.91.229.3 (8 Oct 2012 19:55:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 19:55:12 +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 Oct 08 21:55:18 2012 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 1TLJQ0-0002G2-6O for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:55:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53791 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TLJPt-0008Ev-Qw for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:55:05 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.theremailer.net!frell.theremailer.net!anonymous Comments: This message did not originate from the Sender address above. It was remailed automatically by anonymizing remailer software. Please report problems or inappropriate use to the remailer administrator at . Identifying the real sender is technically impossible. Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Precedence: anon Mail-To-News-Contact: abuse@frell.theremailer.net Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:86976 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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:15884 Archived-At: I've tried to make changes to the virtual groups in the *Server* buffer, and I'm blocked because virtual groups are seen as "read-only" servers. I cannot kill a group (how do you remove one?), and cannot edit a virtual group either. So I have resorted to editing the *.newsrc.eld file. I've been burnt with this approach. After simplifying some of the "nnvirtual" regular expressions so that many groups with a common string are matched, e.g. {nnvirtual:^$\|\(^alt\.usenet$\)\|\(^alt\.culture\.usenet$\)} becomes: {nnvirtual:^$\|usenet} I get strange results, like gnus never finding new messages.