From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/3349 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim McNamara Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: do i need a .newrc file? Date: 03 Jan 2004 18:38:20 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138669500 18639 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:05:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:05:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:32:05 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!priapus.visi.com!orange.octanews.net!news.octanews.net!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!gemini.bitstream.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Sender: tim@Stella-Blue.local Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dba664b5.news.bitstream.net Original-X-Trace: 1073176734 gemini.bitstream.net 32546 216.243.177.155 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bitstream.net Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:3490 Original-Lines: 34 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 3490 Tue Jan 17 17:32:05 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:3349 Archived-At: leo writes: > hi there > > the gnus manual talks about the .newrc file. (quote: "Now, you all > know about the `.newsrc' file.") > > well, on my system (mac os x) is no .newsrc file in my home > directory. and gnus doesn't create one. it only creates a > .newsrc-dribble file, although `gnus-save-newsrc-file' is set to t. Are you using Emacs/Gnus under Terminal, X11 or Aqua? Not that it should make a difference, actually. I've used all three, currently am using it under X11 because it just works best that way IMHO. > i guess there's something worng because when i start up gnus it asks > me to read an auto-save file... > > any idea what's a clean setup regarding the .newrc file? Well, it's ".newsrc" not ".newrc" so check to make sure that you're not expecting a nonexistent file. Also, Gnus uses ".newsrc.eld" for many of its functions- actuallyusing .newsrc.eld more than .newsrc. IIRC .newsrc should be created when you subscribe to your newsgroups. Have you done that step? .newsrc.eld should be created the first time you properly quit Gnus (type a lower case q and then answer with a lower case y when Gnus asks you if you really want to stop reading news). If you quit improperly, then Gnus creates an auto-save file (.newsrc-dribble or some such). If you haven't seen it, www.gnus.org has an excellent and very convenient manual about Gnus. It will answer most of your questions and tell you all sorts of things that you can do with Gnus.