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From: Norbert Koch <nk+news@viteno.net>
Subject: Re: gnus default save-as directory
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:18:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vzwulrzgam.fsf@viteno.dyns.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m265tbo807.fsf@hartford-hwp.com>

Haines Brown <brownh@hartford-hwp.com> writes:

Hi!

> The default directory to save gnus messages (C-o) is ~/NEWS. However,
> I want it instead to be /opt. Here's the lines I tried in ~/.emacs:
>
> (custom-set-variables
>   ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
>   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>  '(gnus-directory "/opt")
>  '(gnus-home-directory "/opt"))
> (custom-set-faces
>   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
>   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>  )
>
> I don't know what this custom-set-faces statement means, but it showed
> up. 

You need to set the variable 'gnus-article-save-directory'.

In the custom-set-faces part are face definitions which you may set
through the custom interface (M-x customize-face RET).

norbert.
-- 
Yow!  Are you the self-frying president?


  reply	other threads:[~2002-12-30 15:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-30 15:09 Haines Brown
2002-12-30 15:18 ` Norbert Koch [this message]
2002-12-30 17:57   ` Haines Brown
2002-12-30 18:47     ` Kai Großjohann

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