Re: Little help sorting please...

[Mark Dixon <in_my.t@gline.org>]

> > Mike Dixon <in_my.t@gline.org> writes:
> > 
> > >> Why is the filename important if you can access the stuff via the
> > >> group nnfolder+archive:gnu.emacs.gnus.archive?  It should not be
> > >
> > > Because I don't know how to :->  
> > 
> > I see.  I suggest that you hit `^' in the *Group* buffer.  This will
> > give you a list of servers.  On the nnfolder:archive server, hit
> > RET.  Now use `u' to subscribe to the groups you want (eg,
> > gnu.emacs.gnus.archive).  When you are done, hit `q' to exit the
> > group list, then `q' again to exit the server list.
> > 
> > Now the groups should be listed amongst all the other groups and can
> > be entered with RET or SPC or the middle mouse button.
> > 
> > (Maybe you have to hit `g' before the newly subscribed groups are
> > listed -- I'm not sure.)
> > 
> > Does this help?
> > -- 
> > ~/.signature is: umop ap!sdn    (Frank Nobis)
> 
> I was fiddling around with this but am having some trouble:
> 
> (defun gcc-outgoing-post (group)
>     (if group (format "nnfolder:%s.posts" group)
>      "nnfolder:Mail/mail_cc"))
> (setq gnus-message-archive-group 'gcc-outgoing-post)
> 
> The problem seems to be that for either posting to Usenet or fwd'ing mail
> "group" is always set to current group.  Therefore Gcc is always set to a
> Usenet group name but never to my mail file.
> 
> So I set debug-on-entry.  When your function is called there's a slew of
> other functions called and I was trying to use one that's called for news
> but not for mail (or vice versa) as a test for the "if" (such as
> "message-forward" which is apparently not called if it's news).
> 
> (defun gcc-outgoing-post (group)
>     (if (message-forward(nil)) 
> 	"nnfolder:Mail/mail_cc"
>     (format "nnfolder:%s.posts" group)))
> (setq gnus-message-archive-group 'gcc-outgoing-post)
> 
> The problem is that (no matter the iteration) I keep getting errors like
> "Symbol's function definition is void" or "Symbol's value as variable...",
> etc.  I was hoping just its presence (of lack of) would be evaluated to
> decide the if/else.  Apparently it doesn't work like that.  Do you know
> something I can use in its place to test whether it's news or mail?  How
> did you find the group variable (it isn't in Info:lisp)?
> 

Never mind :-> "message-news-p"  What is this?  I found it in my ~/.gnus.el
(my old gnus-message-archive* list), put it in the "if" test and the thing
works fine now.

Mike