Re: gnus-secondary-select-methods and use of variables

[Teemu Likonen]

* 2010-05-01 19:50 (+0200), Cecil Westerhof wrote:

> I would like to do something like the following:
>     (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
>           '(
>             (nnimap "gmail"
>                     (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
>                     (nnimap-stream ssl)
>                     (nnimap-authinfo-file (symbol-value imap-authinfo-file))
>                     )
>             (nnimap "e-mail"
>                     (nnimap-address (symbol-value imap-own-server))
>                     (nnimap-stream tls)
>                     (nnimap-authinfo-file (symbol-value imap-authinfo-file))
>                     )
>             ))
>
> I need to use the real values. Is there a way I could use variables to
> set gnus-secondary-select-methods?

I'm not sure what "the real values" are but if I understand correctly,
your question is more about Lisp rather than about Gnus. Do you want to
evaluate some variables (expressions) in a list that is mostly constant?
Like this:

    `(foo ,gnus-version bar)
    => (foo "Gnus v5.13" bar)

Inside `-quotation ,-prefixed expressions are evaluated. Everything else
is taken literally. So maybe you want something like this:

    (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
          `((nnimap "gmail"
                    (nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
                    (nnimap-stream ssl)
                    (nnimap-authinfo-file ,some-variable))
            ...))