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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/gnus.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/gnus.el | 28 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/gnus.el b/lisp/gnus.el index fe44ffcba8c..17a0c2d206a 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus.el +++ b/lisp/gnus.el @@ -50,12 +50,17 @@ (require 'nntp) (require 'mail-utils) -(defvar gnus-nntp-server (or (getenv "NNTPSERVER") gnus-default-nntp-server) +(defvar gnus-nntp-server (or (getenv "NNTPSERVER") + (and (boundp 'gnus-default-nntp-server) + gnus-default-nntp-server)) "The name of the host running NNTP server. If it is a string such as `:DIRECTORY', the user's private DIRECTORY is used as a news spool. Initialized from the NNTPSERVER environment variable.") +(defvar gnus-nntp-service "nntp" + "The name of the network service for GNUS to use. Usually \"nntp\".") + (defvar gnus-signature-file "~/.signature" "*Your .signature file. Use `.signature-DISTRIBUTION' instead if exists.") @@ -819,13 +824,13 @@ User customizable variables: gnus-nntp-server Specifies the name of the host running the NNTP server. If its value is a string such as `:DIRECTORY', the user's private - DIRECTORY is used as a news spool. The variable is initialized - from the NNTPSERVER environment variable. + DIRECTORY is used as a news spool. If its value is `::', then + the local news spool on the current machine is used directly. + The `NNTPSERVER' environment variable specifies the initial value + for this variable. gnus-nntp-service - Specifies a NNTP service name. It is usually \"nntp\" or 119. Nil - forces GNUS to use a local news spool if the variable - `gnus-nntp-server' is set to the local host name. + Specifies a NNTP service name. It is usually \"nntp\". gnus-startup-file Specifies a startup file (.newsrc). If there is a file named @@ -4713,16 +4718,15 @@ Run gnus-Open-server-hook just before opening news server." ;; If no server name is given, local host is assumed. (if (string-equal gnus-nntp-server "") (setq gnus-nntp-server (system-name))) - (cond ((string-match ":" gnus-nntp-server) + (cond ((string= gnus-nntp-server) "::") + (require 'nnspool) + (gnus-define-access-method 'nnspool) + (message "Looking up local news spool...")) + ((string-match ":" gnus-nntp-server) ;; :DIRECTORY (require 'mhspool) (gnus-define-access-method 'mhspool) (message "Looking up private directory...")) - ((and (null gnus-nntp-service) - (string-equal gnus-nntp-server (system-name))) - (require 'nnspool) - (gnus-define-access-method 'nnspool) - (message "Looking up local news spool...")) (t (gnus-define-access-method 'nntp) (message "Connecting to NNTP server on %s..." gnus-nntp-server))) |