pl@unh.UUCP (Paul E. Leclerc) (01/17/89)
Thanks to all who helped me get Gnus up and running. Here is what I did: Caveat: I have only done this with Emacs 18.51 and Gnus 3.10 - byte-compiled all the files in the proper order (can't remember the exact order) - added the following lines to my .emacs file (setq gnus-nntp-service nil) (setq gnus-nntp-server "unh") (autoload 'gnus "gnus" "Read network news." t) (autoload 'gnus-post-news "gnus" "Post a news" t) (autoload 'nntp "nntp" "NNTP service" t) - The variables "gnus-nntp-service and "gnus-nntp-server" were the key. I had set the gnus-nntp-service to nil but had set the server to ":/usr/spool/mail" thinking it looked there for news. Well, that doesn't work. When it goes to read the actives file, everything just hangs. I have settled on Gnus because I do not have Gnews to try out. I may get it at some time to try out, but from a recent posting, I hear it is slow. I am beginning to like Gnus better than vnews with the saving of articles in files the same name as the group in an automagic fashion . I also like the previewing of the subjects. I thank the author of Gnus for the tidbit about the server. Now I have to get this baby running on my Sun Workstation!! I can't wait until Gnus 3.11 with the texinfo manual comes out. Doing a help within Gnus took a looooong time. Once done, I snagged into a buffer and printed it out. On another matter: I am willing to pay someone a small amount to put the emacs-lisp manual in LaTeX format on IBM PC/AT diskettes. I will supply the postage and floppies (1.2meg format). All I need is your time. I do not have Internet access and UUCP to OSU is out of the picture also. If you are in a PC-Pursuit area, I would be willing to call up and download it with a PC using Kermit or X/Y/Zmodem. NOTE: this is not the Gnu-Emacs manual, but the Emacs Lisp Programmers manual. (or whatever it is called) Thanks Paul Leclerc PS. I tried to post this via the Gnus postnews command ("a" in "header" mode) and got the following error message. Where and why is the coming up? Article's rejected: postnews: Can only followup to articles in /usr/spool/news\ I tried to post it to comp.emacs with distribution comp