Re: syncing groups/topics arrangement between machines?

[Benjamin Slade]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> It's kept in the variable `gnus-topic-alist', which
>> is saved to the file pointed to by
>> `gnus-startup-file', which on this machine points to
>> ~/.emacs.d/.newsrc. That's where gnus stores most of
>> its state, including subscribed groups and
>> message marks.
>>
>> I wouldn't recommend copying this file between
>> machines -- I tried that before, and it didn't work
>> out well.
>
> How so?
>
> If Gnus stores its state there and the state is
> identical the result should be identical. If it isn't,
> something is wrong.
>
> I'll try it right now and tell you how it went...

I'll be curious how this experiment goes. I didn't seem to have much
luck, but it may depend on not running Gnus while copying/syncing the
.newsrc/.newsrc.eld files.