Re: gnus download newsrc?

[Andreas Politz]

"E. Hoffmann" <erichhoffmann@gmx.de> writes:

> 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

I was just remembered, how much time I needed, to figure this out.

BTW, while you're in the server-buffer, you may want to enable the
agent, in order to cache the news header.

-ap