Re: Gnus + Leafnode = 10 minutes to start

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SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> writes:

> * Glyn Millington wrote in news.software.readers:
>> SINNER <arcade.master@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hey Glyn, I am home now.
>
>>> after I 'M-x gnus' it loads the active file and then gets new news, during 
>>> this time the system goes to 80%> CPU usage for about 10 minutes until 
>>> finally putting me at the group buffer.
>
>> Try adding this to your .gnus
>
>> (setq   gnus-check-new-newsgroups nil
>>      gnus-read-active-file nil
>>      gnus-nov-is-evil nil)
>
>> See section 1.10 of the Gnus manual
>
> Done, but I think my removal of ~/News/marks <snipped above> is still
> a

Dont remove Marks - that is where gnus stores its "position data" I think.

But all is not lost : you can ignore it too -

http://gnus.org/manual/gnus_185.html