;;; gnus-start.el --- startup functions for Gnus
-;; Copyright (C) 1996,97,98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
+;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; Keywords: news
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
(require 'gnus-spec)
(require 'gnus-range)
(require 'gnus-util)
-(require 'message)
-(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
+(autoload 'message-make-date "message")
+(autoload 'gnus-agent-read-servers-validate "gnus-agent")
+(autoload 'gnus-agent-save-local "gnus-agent")
+(autoload 'gnus-agent-possibly-alter-active "gnus-agent")
+
+(eval-when-compile
+ (require 'cl)
+
+ (defvar gnus-agent-covered-methods nil)
+ (defvar gnus-agent-file-loading-local nil)
+ (defvar gnus-agent-file-loading-cache nil))
(defcustom gnus-startup-file (nnheader-concat gnus-home-directory ".newsrc")
"Your `.newsrc' file.
:group 'gnus-start
:type 'file)
+(defcustom gnus-backup-startup-file 'never
+ "Whether to create backup files.
+This variable takes the same values as the `version-control'
+variable."
+ :version "22.1"
+ :group 'gnus-start
+ :type '(choice (const :tag "Never" never)
+ (const :tag "If existing" nil)
+ (other :tag "Always" t)))
+
+(defcustom gnus-save-startup-file-via-temp-buffer t
+ "Whether to write the startup file contents to a buffer then save
+the buffer or write directly to the file. The buffer is faster