From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Cc: 22621@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22621: 24.5; Wishlist: automatically start second Gnus session as a slave
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:39:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h8ogqszw.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m260xw2spf.fsf@eno.apple.com> (Dave Abrahams's message of "Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:53:00 -0800")
Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:
> I asked:
>
> The Gnus manual says you can get trouble by starting two non-slave
> Gnusae at once: [[info:gnus#Slave%20Gnusae][info:gnus#Slave Gnusae]]
>
> So, shouldn't `M-x gnus' automatically dispatch to `gnus-slave' in that
> case?
>
> In <87d1s6ecwa.fsf@gnus.org>, Lars replied:
>
> I haven't used the Gnus slave in decades. :-) But I think you're
> right -- Gnus should start in slave mode if it manages to detect another
> non-slave Gnus running. Could you report this with `M-x
> report-emacs-bug' as a wishlist item?
After thinking this over for 2 years, 8 weeks, 5 days, I think perhaps
this would be too fiddly. First of all, detecting in a reliable way
that another Gnus is running is difficult. And it's legitimate to start
a new Gnus, anyway, and people aren't used to the slave invocation.
So I think I'll mark this as a nofix after all. :-)
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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