Re: gnus download newsrc?

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

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.

Ted