Re: When does gnus read .gnus.el variables

[Adam Sjøgren]

Alberto Luaces writes:

> Once I have gnus up and running, I want to modify my nnimap-split-fancy
> variable.  Therefore, I evaluate a sexp with the new values, and change
> .gnus.el accordingly for future sessions.  All works ok.

Sounds normal.

> When I quit gnus *without quitting* emacs, and then restart gnus again,
> nnimap-split-fancy stays with its initial value.

Sound odd.

What does C-h v nnimap-split-fancy say?

Can you reproduce the problem??

> Maybe it is no surprise that it is not reading .gnus.el again, but I
> wonder why my on-the-fly settings were also dropped.

It sounds weird to me, if that happened.

> Any chance of setting this variable without having to restart emacs?

Evaluating the expression that sets it should be sufficient, I think.
How did you do that exactly?


  Best regards,

    Adam

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