Re: gnus download newsrc?

["E. Hoffmann" <erichhoffmann@gmx.de>]

Andreas Politz schrieb:

> "E. Hoffmann" <erichhoffmann@gmx.de> writes:
> 
>> 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
> 
> I was just remembered, how much time I needed, to figure this out.
> 
> BTW, while you're in the server-buffer, you may want to enable the
> agent, in order to cache the news header.
> 
> -ap
Good. Done. Thanks. Erch