Re: gnus download newsrc?

[E. Hoffmann]

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