From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Mead Subject: Re: changing Gnus paths: 'News' and 'Mail' Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:37:31 +0100 Message-ID: <87mxwkaag4.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87k4rpb62y.fsf@eraldo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O7xu2-0003b4-7I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:37:42 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43564 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O7xtx-0003YN-EA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:37:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7xtu-0000sp-D2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:37:37 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]:34598) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7xtu-0000sL-7a for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:37:34 -0400 Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so502792wwi.0 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:37:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87k4rpb62y.fsf@eraldo.org> (Eraldo Helal's message of "Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:14:13 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eraldo Helal Cc: Org-Mode Eraldo Helal writes: > Greetings Orgmoders > > Problem description: > ============================================ > I want to get rid of the 'News' and 'Mail' directories in my home and > put them somewhere else instead: > '~/News' => '~/mypath/News' > '~/Mail' => '~/mypath/Mail' > > Question: Which variables do I have to change so that gnus won't have > troubles with moving those directories? > > E.g.: If I change 'gnus-home-directory' from '~/' to '~/mypath/', will > gnus-directory change to '~/mypath/News' or will it still be '~/News'? > Making it necessary for me to change it as well. (and maybe others too?) > ============================================ > > Greetings from Austria, > Eraldo Hi Eraldo I use gnus-home-directory set to ~/Dropbox and the News and Mail directories were created relative to that path. I've just checked my .emacs and .gnus files and there is nothing else there relating to the home directory so it looks like that's all that's needed. In fact if you check the info on that variable it says 'All other Gnus file and directory variables are initialized from this variable.' Paul