Re: nnoo.el: how to update server variables

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> writes:

> I am trying to update a server variable from one of (Gnus') backend
> functions. My first attempt was
>
> (defvoo nnimap-my-state nil)
> (deffoo nnimap-request-list (&optional server)
>   (nnoo-change-server 'nnimap server nil)
>   (message "Old state: %s" nnimap-my-state)
>   (setq nnimap-my-state 42))
>
> but that did not work (successive invocations would all run with
> nnimap-my-state being nil). After studying the nnoo.el sources for a
> bit, I concluded that nnoo-change-server updates the declared server
> variables to the per-server values, but does not copy any changes back.

I don't think that's correct.  When you change the server, nnoo will
stash all the values of all the "defvoo" values, and will copy them back
again when you change back to the original server.

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