From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christopher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: News Reading Date: 10 Nov 2002 11:36:09 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <844raqk9s1.fsf@crybaby.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036946692 7130 80.91.224.249 (10 Nov 2002 16:44:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 16:44:52 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18AvCc-0001qs-00 for ; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 17:44:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18Av9d-0003VP-00; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 11:41:45 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 21 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:106907 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3461 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3461 kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes: > Christopher writes: > > > Normally I use emacs for text editing, so I am accustomed to quitting by > > typing crtl+x, ctrl+c. But gnus is apparently a kind of plug-in which you > > have to exit first by typing "q" in order for it to work properly when you > > start it the next time. > > Well, Gnus _does_ write the auto-save file... > > Do you still have the problem that Gnus wants to download the active > file? > > kai > -- > ~/.signature is: umop ap!sdn (Frank Nobis) Nope. The problem is solved. I get a message at the bottom of the screen which says "reading active file," and then I very quickly see a list of newsgroups to which I have subscribed.