From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/10258 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Reiner Steib Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Synchronizing multiple computers Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:37:09 +0100 Organization: T-Online Message-ID: References: <87ir1d7mye.fsf@hbox.dyndns.org> <87bq75669s.fsf@arcor.de> Reply-To: Reiner Steib NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201808518 5947 80.91.229.12 (31 Jan 2008 19:41:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:41:58 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 31 20:42:19 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JKfIL-0003fe-Gx for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:41:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKfHu-00046G-1R for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:41:30 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeedt0.toon.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 36 Original-X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1201808268 02 21087 4g121F0LmFCuk+5 080131 19:37:48 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: Tha1VqZpoe8nfSrnYOILDCNDkMd9kJJlnDvMkpiFXezkv2S4pgDjgP X-Face: mtjf/D:es1T0wHO:&CJ'ZXe"l; 3C--rw\z!{`eFwL){|]RpI+4{u25L=5C /0>KuGeTsk<~<&NE-AKV1560e!+RJeyWmSskkrJm?[vUV#66{T_m|Ae<||Ku#Mk5`y&O`n~z2; n8eP J5#2h@2eQgV@E70IY_0WlEx!"&giy{+\%h1LJox$zv@/l%ZmU4^tZA>xQpnkUBVC5.jpg#0'(+2?Rs )NAr:>3<=WxHE$ktbLysDIM5TbmHu*3 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:10258 Archived-At: On Wed, Jan 30 2008, Martin Geisler wrote: > Stefan Monnier writes: > >>> I normally keep my Gnus running at all times on my work computer. Is it >>> safe to copy files back and forth in that case? >> >> No. > > Right, it would also have been quite impressive if it was possible :-) I'd guess that pressing calling `gnus-group-save-newsrc' (`s' in the Group buffer) before leaving (or via a timer) and `gnus-read-newsrc-file' after the sync might do the trick. > I've just looked (briefly) at the .newsrc-dribble file, and it looks > like it is full of what one could hope is idempotent commands. > > If that is the case, would it then be possible for me to transfer my > activity at home to Gnus at work by appending my dribble file from > home to the one at work? > > Or if appending is not good enough, then one might even be able to > merge the two files so that (seen (100 . 200)) and (seen (50 . 150)) > would be merged to (seen (50 . 200)). I guess there would be conflicts. > That would of course assume that I have named my servers the same in > both places, but that is no problem. Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- | PGP key available | http://rsteib.home.pages.de/