Re: must server be loaded to use Gcc ?

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) wrote:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>> Fixing the top-level group names in gnus-newsrc-alist would be easy
>> enough programmatically, but there could be other instance of group
>> names - e.g., in group parameters somewhere.
>
> After the previous step this might not be necessary anymore.  Hm.

I doubt Gnus would be intrusive enough to, e.g., dig into each group's
parameters, look for a posting-style, find a "Gcc" entry, and rewrite
it simply because I changed a group's server.  Nor would I want Gnus
to be that intrusive, since it'd almost certainly go wrong sometimes.

> Along with `G e', one could also change the group name.  Is `G E'
> necessary for that or is there another way?

[G E] is the only way I know of.  But is it safe to do that while Gnus
is running?  Even if you exit Gnus immediately afterwards, there could
be exit hooks, etc., that expect an unprefixed group name.


paul