Re: Strange behaviour with epoch and gnus

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From: Dirk Lutzebaeck
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1991 08:32

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>>>>> On 31 Jul 91 01:54:13 GMT, carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll) said:
  Alan> Nntp-Posting-Host: ash.cs.uiuc.edu

  Alan> In article <DRK.91Jul25100701@sol.sol>, drk@sol (Dirk Lutzebaeck) writes:
> The problem is that _sometimes_ the *scratch*-screen contains the
> contents of the *Newsgroup*-buffer and the *Newsgroup*-screen contains
> the gnus startup page.

  Alan> If I had to guess, I would guess that during the GNUS startup, you
  Alan> move the mouse into the first screen. This would generate a focus
  Alan> event on that screen, and as soons as GNUS waits for input (which I
  Alan> presume it does trying to connect to the server), it'll switch over to
  Alan> the scratch screen. What I would recommend is embedding the GNUS
  Alan> startup in

  Alan> (ignore-event 'focus)
  Alan> (gnus)
  Alan> (resume-event 'focus)

Excatly this is the solution. Thanks for your help.

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