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From: xyblor <fake@invalid.email>
Subject: Re: Group subscribe tab-completion
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:46:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <odyvx3v9.fsf@invalid.email> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lku0vx53.fsf@invalid.email>

xyblor <fake@invalid.email> writes:

> xyblor <fake@invalid.email> writes:
>
>>>> Shouldn't the newsrc.eld file save a list of all the available
>>>> newsgroups, so I don't have to read the whole active file every time?
>
> Actually, it seems that gnus *is* saving the active file to disk in
> ~/News/agent/nntp/server.name/agent.lib/active (it's over 2 MB).
>
> So why can't it consult that file for tab-completion when I subscribe
> to a group?

To answer my own question somewhat, it seems that gnus *can* read the
the active file for tab-completion - the problem is that gnus is
destroying its contents whenever it loads or quits.

      reply	other threads:[~2006-04-20 22:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-04-20 18:28 xyblor
2006-04-20 18:50 ` Karl Kleinpaste
2006-04-20 19:44   ` xyblor
2006-04-20 19:56     ` xyblor
2006-04-20 22:46       ` xyblor [this message]

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