From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/1056 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-15?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: What value .gnus? Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 15:21:19 +0200 Organization: University of Dortmund, Germany Message-ID: References: <873csn1fip.fsf@smtp.blueyonder.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138667889 9551 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:38:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:38:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:28:34 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!lackawana.kippona.com!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!news-in-sanjose!in.nntp.be!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!eusc.inter.net!Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qxJq05vJtLs+NykE0y2Tfwr3qPA= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:1196 Original-Lines: 15 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 1196 Tue Jan 17 17:28:34 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:1056 Archived-At: Keith O'Connell writes: > When I use the emacs customisation options to modify it, the changes > are put into .emacs, even the changes specific to gnus are put in > .emacs. This being the case, what is the value of a .gnus file? Why > maintain two if the program itself tends to create just the one. Some people prefer to keep the settings separate. Other people prefer a single file. Sadly, Customize doesn't give you a choice, but oh, well. kai -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)