Re: Should I have a kf/score file?

[Mike Ballard <dont_w@nt_spam.org>]

On Fri Feb 21, I wasn't really paying attention when Edward Dodge said:

> Mike Ballard <dont_w@nt_spam.org> writes:
> 
> > Hi -
> > 
> > First time trying out scoring.  I hit "L" on an article and followed
> > the prompts.  The thread disappeared and when I reloaded the group
> > it was still gone.  But I can't figure out how Emacs now knows to do
> > this.  The only kf/score var in ~/.gnus is:
> >     
> >     gnus-kill-files-directory "~/.elisp/Gnus/killfile"
> 
> As far as I know,  this is not how scoring works.  Once you use "L" to
> lower a thread's score,  it doesn't "disappear" the thread.  Instead
> it just marks it's score down and the thread appears italisized.  The
> threads don't disappear until you hit "x" (expunge) or "q" to quit
> from reading a particular group.
> 
> > When I use "L" where does the info get stored?  And if all I want to
> > use scoring for is killing the occasional thread/author should I be
> > looking at some other kill/score vars besides the one above?
> 
> It goes into a SCORE file.  The main one is "SCORE.all" and the others
> are SCORE files for each particular group.  Gnus consults score files
> while it loads groups and uses them to score and possibly sort the
> info for you to see.
> 
> If you want to see a score file,  use "V e."  If you want to change
> score files,  type "V c."
> 
> -- 
> Edward Dodge
> 

Thanks.  I raced back here to 'cancel' my questions :-> but you beat me to
it.  And I shouldn't have said "disappeared" - I meant it was killed.

I'd just found out that "immediate" doesn't persist.  I tried "permanent"
and discovered that creates the group's score file and it's in the dir I
specified.

Thanks for the info...

Mike
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