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- From: liblit@cs.psu.edu (Benjamin R. Liblit)
- Subject: killed groups / updating newsrc.el
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- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:03:24 GMT
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- I'm sure there's a simple hook for this, but my brain hurts today, so
- I'm calling for ideas.
-
- Consider the following sequence of actions:
-
- 1. Enter GNUS
- 2. Kill some groups via "C-k" or (gnus-Group-kill-group)
- 3. Save all buffers via "C-u C-x s" or (save-some-buffers 't)
- 4. Quit GNUS via "q" or (gnus-Group-exit)
-
- Since saving all buffers saved the buffer holding .newsrc, quitting
- GNUS does not update the .newsrc.el file. No problem, right? The
- next time GNUS starts up, it should realize that .newsrc.el is
- out-of-date, and just use .newsrc instead.
-
- Well, that seems to work for determining which articles I have read,
- but it fails to remember the groups that I killed in step 2. They
- appear in the groups list as though I had never killed them.
-
- My instinct is to use gnus-Exit-gnus-hook, probably using
- file-newer-than-file-p to decide if .newsrc.el needs to be updated.
- However, I'd *really* like a solution that does not depend upon me
- exiting GNUS via gnus-Group-exit. That is, if I spontaneously issue
- "C-x C-c", or (save-buffers-kill-emacs), I'd like GNUS to have its
- head on straight the next time it starts up.
-
- Any suggestions?
-
- --
- Ben Liblit ----- "Fais que tes reves soient plus longs que la nuit."
- liblit@cs.psu.edu -- brl102@psuvm.psu.edu -- brl102@psuvm.bitnet
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