bug#22621: 24.5; Wishlist: automatically start second Gnus session as a slave

[Dave Abrahams]

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?




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-- 
-Dave