Revision: miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--unicode--0--patch-78

[gnu-emacs] / lisp / gnus / gnus-start.el

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
index 156818b0aaaca7519fd1eef3947b9e62aa4cda0f..c1c790332672e892067c4d8815851ae391b22ff9 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ not match this regexp will be removed before saving the list."
                               (and value (not (stringp value))))
                      :value t)
                (const nil)
-               (regexp :format "%t: %v\n" :size 0)))
+               regexp))
 
 (defcustom gnus-ignored-newsgroups
   (mapconcat 'identity
@@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ Can be used to turn version control on or off."
 
 ;;; Internal variables
 
+;; Fixme: deal with old emacs-mule when mm-universal-coding-system is
+;; utf-8-emacs.
 (defvar gnus-ding-file-coding-system mm-universal-coding-system
   "Coding system for ding file.")
 
@@ -952,16 +954,28 @@ If LEVEL is non-nil, the news will be set up at level LEVEL."
     ;; Make sure the archive server is available to all and sundry.
     (when gnus-message-archive-method
       (unless (assoc "archive" gnus-server-alist)
-       (push `("archive"
-               nnfolder
-               "archive"
-               (nnfolder-directory
-                ,(nnheader-concat message-directory "archive"))
-               (nnfolder-active-file
-                ,(nnheader-concat message-directory "archive/active"))
-               (nnfolder-get-new-mail nil)
-               (nnfolder-inhibit-expiry t))
-             gnus-server-alist)))
+       (let ((method (or (and (stringp gnus-message-archive-method)
+                              (gnus-server-to-method
+                               gnus-message-archive-method))
+                         gnus-message-archive-method)))
+         ;; Check whether the archive method is writable.
+         (unless (or (stringp method)
+                     (memq 'respool (assoc (format "%s" (car method))
+                                           gnus-valid-select-methods)))
+           (setq method "archive")) ;; The default.
+         (push (if (stringp method)
+                   `("archive"
+                     nnfolder
+                     ,method
+                     (nnfolder-directory
+                      ,(nnheader-concat message-directory method))
+                     (nnfolder-active-file
+                      ,(nnheader-concat message-directory
+                                        (concat method "/active")))
+                     (nnfolder-get-new-mail nil)
+                     (nnfolder-inhibit-expiry t))
+                 (cons "archive" method))
+               gnus-server-alist))))
 
     ;; If we don't read the complete active file, we fill in the
     ;; hashtb here.
@@ -2270,7 +2284,6 @@ If FORCE is non-nil, the .newsrc file is read."
               (when (and load-from
                          (not (fboundp func)))
                 (load load-from t))
-              
               (or prompt-displayed
                   (not (gnus-convert-converter-needs-prompt func))
                   (while (let (c
@@ -2350,8 +2363,7 @@ If FORCE is non-nil, the .newsrc file is read."
       ;; We always, always read the .eld file.
       (gnus-message 5 "Reading %s..." ding-file)
       (let (gnus-newsrc-assoc)
-       (let ((coding-system-for-read gnus-ding-file-coding-system))
-         (gnus-load ding-file))
+       (gnus-load ding-file)
        ;; Older versions of `gnus-format-specs' are no longer valid
        ;; in Oort Gnus 0.01.
        (let ((version
@@ -2781,7 +2793,8 @@ If FORCE is non-nil, the .newsrc file is read."
 
 (defun gnus-gnus-to-quick-newsrc-format (&optional minimal name &rest specific-variables)
   "Print Gnus variables such as `gnus-newsrc-alist' in Lisp format."
-    (princ ";; -*- emacs-lisp -*-\n")
+    (princ (format ";; -*- emacs-lisp; coding: %s;-*-\n"
+                  gnus-ding-file-coding-system))
     (if name
        (princ (format ";; %s\n" name))
       (princ ";; Gnus startup file.\n"))