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Re: gnus download newsrc?
From: |
E. Hoffmann |
Subject: |
Re: gnus download newsrc? |
Date: |
Tue, 04 May 2010 15:43:39 -0000 |
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Ted Zlatanov schrieb:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:40:43 +0200 Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de>
wrote:
>
> AP> "E. Hoffmann" <erichhoffmann@gmx.de> writes:
>>> I tried using emacs gnus newsreader. Contact with my newsserver
including
>>> authinfo works fine, but I just get 4 newsgroups. Gnus creates .newsrc-
>>> dribble. I must have a blind spot, I don't find how to download a full
list
>>> of available newsgroup from my server. gnus-activate-new-groups won't
show
>>> up anything, neiter does A z nor A k.
>>>
>>> Excuse me if this is a too trivial question. How do I download a full
list
>>> of newsgroups?
>
> AP> In the *Groups* buffer press '^'. This brings up the server buffer.
Now
> AP> locate your news-server and press 'RET'.
>
> AP> Subscribe to groups you want to read with 'u'.
>
> AP> 2 times 'q' and they should pop up in your *Groups* buffer.
>
> AP> Why does this have to be so painful, you ask ? I don't know.
>
> Should the manual in (gnus) Finding the News mention this perhaps?
> Right now it only talks about foreign groups but doesn't mention `^'
> which turns out to be essential.
>
This could be of great help, for there I looked and didn't find it.
erch
> Ted