From: Karl Kleinpaste <karl@charcoal.com>
Subject: Re: how to check for new news every a few minutes?
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:16:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vxkr73kw6b1.fsf@mesquite.charcoal.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1146073584.569458.174190@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
"Qing Xiu" <qing.xiu@163.com> writes:
> How can I set up Emacs to make itself check for new news every, say,
> 5 minutes?
;; automatic group re-scan without manual effort.
;; assumes: mail groups, level <= 2; nntp groups, level >= 3.
;; look up arg interpretation for gnus-demon-add-handler.
;; overall meaning: check mail every 5 regardless, and
;; check nntp every 20 iff idle for 20.
;;
;; level-specified group scanner.
(defun gnus-demon-scan-mail-or-news-and-update (level)
"Scan for new mail, updating the *Group* buffer."
(let ((win (current-window-configuration)))
(unwind-protect
(save-window-excursion
(save-excursion
(when (gnus-alive-p)
(save-excursion
(set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
(gnus-group-get-new-news level)))))
(set-window-configuration win))))
;;
;; level 2: only mail groups are scanned.
(defun gnus-demon-scan-mail-and-update ()
"Scan for new mail, updating the *Group* buffer."
(gnus-demon-scan-mail-or-news-and-update 2))
(gnus-demon-add-handler 'gnus-demon-scan-mail-and-update 5 nil)
;;
;; level 3: mail and local news groups are scanned.
(defun gnus-demon-scan-news-and-update ()
"Scan for new mail, updating the *Group* buffer."
(gnus-demon-scan-mail-or-news-and-update 3))
(gnus-demon-add-handler 'gnus-demon-scan-news-and-update 20 20)
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2006-04-26 17:46 Qing Xiu
2006-04-26 18:16 ` Karl Kleinpaste [this message]
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