Re: why not just .newsrc?

2014-07-06 Thread Emanuel Berg
Peter Münster writes: > I have good experience with ... > > (gnus-demon-add-handler 'gnus-group-save-newsrc 5 2) Yes, the idle-timer can be used but I would prefer if it just saved every time I did something that should be saved. When exiting a summary buffer, for example, I most often have r'd

Re: why not just .newsrc?

2014-07-06 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, Jul 07 2014, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Note that I don't think that the dribble file is bad or > anything. Just thought there was some better reason for > it to exist. The crash thing you mention is of course a > valid point in a situation where crashes are common > and/or somehow externally u

Re: why not just .newsrc?

2014-07-06 Thread Emanuel Berg
Peter Münster writes: > I have good experience with ... > > (gnus-demon-add-handler 'gnus-group-save-newsrc 5 2) Thank you, I will examine that! -- underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnu

Re: why not just .newsrc?

2014-07-06 Thread Emanuel Berg
David Engster writes: >> One thing I don't understand is, if .newsrc-dribble >> is used to track every little change, just to have >> in case of a crash (which never happens), then why >> not do that to .newsrc itself, keeping it up-to-date >> constantly? (.newsrc or .newsrc.eld) > > . That woul

Re: why not just .newsrc?

2014-07-06 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Jul 06 2014, David Engster wrote: > Emanuel Berg writes: >> One thing I don't understand is, if .newsrc-dribble is >> used to track every little change, just to have in case >> of a crash (which never happens), then why not do that >> to .newsrc itself, keeping it up-to-date constantly? >>

Re: why not just .newsrc?

2014-07-06 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Jul 06 2014, Emanuel Berg wrote: > One thing I don't understand is, if .newsrc-dribble is > used to track every little change, just to have in case > of a crash (which never happens), then why not do that > to .newsrc itself, keeping it up-to-date constantly? > (.newsrc or .newsrc.eld) I

Re: why not just .newsrc?

2014-07-06 Thread David Engster
Emanuel Berg writes: > One thing I don't understand is, if .newsrc-dribble is > used to track every little change, just to have in case > of a crash (which never happens), then why not do that > to .newsrc itself, keeping it up-to-date constantly? > (.newsrc or .newsrc.eld) . That would increase t

why not just .newsrc? (was: Re: .newsrc-dribble autosave)

2014-07-06 Thread Emanuel Berg
One thing I don't understand is, if .newsrc-dribble is used to track every little change, just to have in case of a crash (which never happens), then why not do that to .newsrc itself, keeping it up-to-date constantly? (.newsrc or .newsrc.eld) Is .newsrc so big it gets expansive parsing it? In th