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