From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/2125 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Ballard Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Should I have a kf/score file? Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 04:35:58 GMT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net 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 1138668673 14025 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:51:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:51:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:30:13 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!Norway.EU.net!uio.no!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.easynews.com!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus X-Newsreader: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.214.69.23 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net Original-X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1045888558 63.214.69.23 (Fri, 21 Feb 2003 20:35:58 PST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 20:35:58 PST Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:2265 Original-Lines: 52 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 2265 Tue Jan 17 17:30:13 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:2125 Archived-At: On Fri Feb 21, I wasn't really paying attention when Edward Dodge said: > Mike Ballard 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 -- mikeballard--at--operamail.com "If your main parachute fouls, deploy your reserve. If your reserve is also fouled, you have the rest of your life to get it straightened out."