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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/gnus/gnus.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/gnus/gnus.el | 21 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus.el index 635bb6fc96f..bba56e31d9b 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/gnus.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus.el @@ -1271,15 +1271,18 @@ Set this variable in `.emacs' instead." :type '(choice (const :tag "current" nil) directory)) -;; Site dependent variables. These variables should be defined in -;; paths.el. +;; Site dependent variables. -(defvar gnus-default-nntp-server nil - "Specify a default NNTP server. -This variable should be defined in paths.el, and should never be set -by the user. -If you want to change servers, you should use `gnus-select-method'. -See the documentation to that variable.") +;; Should this be obsolete? +(defcustom gnus-default-nntp-server nil + "The hostname of the default NNTP server. +The empty string, or nil, means to use the local host. +You may wish to set this on a site-wide basis. + +If you want to change servers, you should use `gnus-select-method'." + :group 'gnus-server + :type '(choice (const :tag "local host" nil) + (string :tag "host name"))) (defcustom gnus-nntpserver-file "/etc/nntpserver" "A file with only the name of the nntp server in it." @@ -1326,6 +1329,8 @@ If you use this variable, you must set `gnus-nntp-server' to nil. There is a lot more to know about select methods and virtual servers - see the manual for details." + ;; Emacs has set-after since 22.1. + ;set-after '(gnus-default-nntp-server) :group 'gnus-server :group 'gnus-start :initialize 'custom-initialize-default |