From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: reader@newsguy.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: saving messages Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:21:13 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <878x4912ie.fsf@newsguy.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196880432 3263 80.91.229.12 (5 Dec 2007 18:47:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 18:47:12 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 05 19:47:20 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IzzHE-0003S6-FD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:47:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IzzGx-0007LT-TI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:47:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IzzGk-0007LO-8R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:46:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IzzGi-0007K2-Rt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:46:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IzzGi-0007Jv-I2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:46:48 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IzzGi-00025l-2A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:46:48 -0500 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IzycI-0003tt-G8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:05:02 +0000 Original-Received: from adsl-76-193-21-148.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net ([76.193.21.148]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:05:02 +0000 Original-Received: from reader by adsl-76-193-21-148.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:05:02 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-193-21-148.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:J6ZY80Yrkz2nAyjCMG6DuzyeAKY= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49864 Archived-At: David Rod writes: > Hi, > When I am reading newsgroup I want to save a message so I can read it > later. If I press * this marks it and it is no longer visible when I > exit the group and return to the group. > If I press ! it is always visible but clutters up the Summary window. > If I press o I get into big trouble. Lot's of possibilities and it often > overwrites another file. If I have appended 10 messages into one file > and then accidentally overwrite it I will be annoyed. > Sorry to lower the scale, but I am trying to learn how to use gnus. > What is the standard procedure to save messages, and then to view these > inside of group by the group buffer, perhaps from different saved locations > locally. I may be missing something important in your question but can't you copy the message to anywhere you like with `B c' in summary buffer? Or did you mean to automate the process? If you mean you want the message to stay in the Newsgroup you can tic it with `?' to make it dormant (Invisible when entering group) In the group you can redisplay dormant messages with / D