Re: re-specifying ~/News and ~/Mail

[Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>]

Pablo Sanchez <dev.null@blueoakdb.com> writes:

>>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk> writes:
>
>     Martin> I have not tried setting gnus-home-directory myself, but
>     Martin> the manual promises that the other variables will be
>     Martin> affected by its setting.
>
>     Martin> So only the first and forth of your settings ought to be
>     Martin> necessary if you set them in your ~/.emacs file. But as I
>     Martin> said, I have not tried this out, I have only read the fine
>     Martin> manual :-)
>
> I actually tried with just the first variable but it didn't work.  I
> added the next two and tested again.  It still didn't fully work.  Not
> until I made the other changes did it all `take.'

Okay, that is good to know if I ever want to do something similar
myself -- I also like my home directory to be tidy :-)

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