Variable: gnus-save-startup-file-via-temp-buffer

gnus-save-startup-file-via-temp-buffer is a customizable variable defined in gnus-start.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

Whether to write the startup file contents to a buffer then save the buffer or write directly to the file. The buffer is faster because all of the contents are written at once. The direct write uses considerably less memory.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 22.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el.gz
(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
because all of the contents are written at once.  The direct write
uses considerably less memory."
  :version "22.1"
  :group 'gnus-start
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Write via buffer" t)
                 (const :tag "Write directly to file" nil)))