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@c -*-texinfo-*-
-@c Copyright (C) 1995, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@setfilename gnus-faq.info
@c Frequently Asked Questions, FAQ - Introduction, Emacs for Heathens, Top
@menu
* [1.1]:: What is the latest version of Gnus?
-* [1.2]:: What's new in 5.10.0?
+* [1.2]:: What's new in 5.10?
* [1.3]:: Where and how to get Gnus?
* [1.4]:: What to do with the tarball now?
* [1.5]:: Which version of Emacs do I need?
Answer:
- Jingle please: Gnus 5.10.0 is released, get it while it's
+ Jingle please: Gnus 5.10 is released, get it while it's
hot! As well as the step in version number is rather
small, Gnus 5.10 has tons of new features which you
shouldn't miss, however if you are cautious, you might
@end ifnottex
@subsubheading Question 1.2:
-What's new in 5.10.0?
+What's new in 5.10?
Answer:
@end example
@noindent
- Make sure that you don't have any gnus related stuff
+ Make sure that you don't have any Gnus related stuff
before this line, on MS Windows use something like
"C:/path/to/lisp" (yes, "/").
Answer:
- Gnus 5.10.0 requires an Emacs version that is greater
+ Gnus 5.10 requires an Emacs version that is greater
than or equal to Emacs 20.7 or XEmacs 21.1.
@ifnottex
@example
SET HOME=C:\myhome
-
+
@end example
@noindent
@example
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
- '(nntp "news.yourSecondProvider.net"))
+ '(nntp "news.yourSecondProvider.net"))
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
- '(nntp "news.yourThirdProvider.net"))
+ '(nntp "news.yourThirdProvider.net"))
@end example
@ifnottex
(add-to-list
'gnus-secondary-select-methods
'(nnimap "Give the baby a name"
- (nnimap-address "imap.yourProvider.net")
- (nnimap-port 143)
- (nnimap-list-pattern "archive.*")))
+ (nnimap-address "imap.yourProvider.net")
+ (nnimap-port 143)
+ (nnimap-list-pattern "archive.*")))
@end example
@noindent
If you enter the group by saying
@samp{RET}
- in summary buffer with point over the group, only unread and ticked messages are loaded. Say
+ in group buffer with point over the group, only unread and ticked messages are loaded. Say
@samp{C-u RET}
instead to load all available messages. If you want only the e.g. 300 newest say
@samp{C-u 300 RET}
fetched when you enter a group and slow down the process of entering a group).
- If you already use Gnus 5.10.0, you can say
+ If you already use Gnus 5.10, you can say
@samp{/o N}
In summary buffer to load the last N messages, this feature is not available in 5.8.8
Answer:
- Only if you use Gnus 5.10.0 or younger. In this case you've got the
+ Only if you use Gnus 5.10 or younger. In this case you've got the
choice between w3, w3m, links, lynx and html2text, which
one is used can be specified in the variable
mm-text-html-renderer, so if you want links to render your
@samp{W Y f} gives you full deuglify.
See @samp{W Y C-h} or
have a look at the menus for other deuglifications).
- Outlook deuglify is only available since Gnus 5.10.0.
+ Outlook deuglify is only available since Gnus 5.10.
@ifnottex
@node [4.9], [4.10], [4.8], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@example
(gnus-add-configuration
'(article (vertical 1.0
- (summary .35 point)
- (article 1.0))))
+ (summary .35 point)
+ (article 1.0))))
@end example
sadly hard tabulators are broken in 5.8.8.
- Since 5.10.0, Gnus offers you some very nice new specifiers,
+ Since 5.10, Gnus offers you some very nice new specifiers,
e.g. %B which draws a thread-tree and %&user-date which
gives you a date where the details are dependent of the
articles age. Here's an example which uses both:
* [5.9]:: Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in newsgroups.
Can Gnus warn me, when I'm replying by mail in newsgroups?
* [5.10]:: How to tell Gnus not to generate a sender header?
-* [5.11]:: I want gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and news,
+* [5.11]:: I want Gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and news,
how to do it?
* [5.12]:: People tell me my Message-IDs are not correct,
why aren't they and how to fix it?
message. For a follow up to a newsgroup, it's
@samp{f} and @samp{F}
(analog to @samp{r} and
- @samp{R}.
+ @samp{R}).
Enter new headers above the line saying "--text follows
@noindent
Then typing your alias (followed by a space or punctuation
character) on a To: or Cc: line in the message buffer will
- cause gnus to insert the full address for you. See the
+ cause Gnus to insert the full address for you. See the
node "Mail Aliases" in Message (not Gnus) manual for
details.
@end example
@noindent
- if you already use Gnus 5.10.0, if you still use 5.8.8 or
+ if you already use Gnus 5.10, if you still use 5.8.8 or
5.9 try this instead:
@example
-(defadvice gnus-summary-reply (around reply-in-news activate)
+(eval-after-load "gnus-msg"
+ '(unless (boundp 'gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news)
+ (defadvice gnus-summary-reply (around reply-in-news activate)
+ "Request confirmation when replying to news."
(interactive)
- (when (or (not (gnus-news-group-p gnus-newsgroup-name))
- (y-or-n-p "Really reply? "))
- ad-do-it))
+ (when (or (not (gnus-news-group-p gnus-newsgroup-name))
+ (y-or-n-p "Really reply by mail to article author? "))
+ ad-do-it))))
@end example
@ifnottex
Answer:
- Since 5.10.0 Gnus doesn't generate a sender header by
+ Since 5.10 Gnus doesn't generate a sender header by
default. For older Gnus' try this in ~/.gnus:
name to put after the "@@". If the name of the machine
where Gnus is running isn't suitable (it probably isn't
at most private machines) you can tell Gnus what to use
- by saying:
-
-
+ by saying
@example
-(defun message-make-message-id()
- (concat "<"(message-unique-id)"@@yourmachine.yourdomain.tld>"))
+(setq message-user-fqdn "yourmachine.yourdomain.tld")
@end example
-
-
@noindent
- in ~/.gnus. If you have no idea what to insert for
+ in ~/.gnus. If you use Gnus 5.9 or ealier, you can use this
+instead (works for newer versions a well):
+@example
+(eval-after-load "message"
+ '(let ((fqdn "yourmachine.yourdomain.tld"));; <-- Edit this!
+ (if (boundp 'message-user-fqdn)
+ (setq message-user-fqdn fqdn)
+ (gnus-message 1 "Redefining `message-make-fqdn'.")
+ (defun message-make-fqdn ()
+ "Return user's fully qualified domain name."
+ fqdn))))
+@end example
+
+ If you have no idea what to insert for
"yourmachine.yourdomain.tld", you've got several
choices. You can either ask your provider if he allows
you to use something like
the raw message, look for the message-id, and say
@samp{M-^ the@@message.id RET} in a
summary buffer.
- Since Gnus 5.10.0 there's also a Gnus interface for
+ Since Gnus 5.10 there's also a Gnus interface for
groups.google.com which you can call with
@samp{G W}) in group buffer.
engines and with the help of nnir you can search trough
the indexed mail and generate a temporary group with all
messages which met your search criteria. If this sound
- cool to you get nnir.el from
- @uref{ftp://ls6-ftp.cs.uni-dortmund.de/pub/src/emacs/}
- or @uref{ftp://ftp.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de/pub/src/emacs/}.
+ cool to you get nnir.el from the contrib directory of the Gnus
+ distribution or
+ @uref{http://quimby.gnus.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/gnus/contrib/nnir.el?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain}
Instructions on how to use it are at the top of the file.
@ifnottex
later when you're offline. It kind of mimics offline
newsreaders like e.g. Forte Agent. If you want to use
the Agent place the following in ~/.gnus if you are
- still using 5.8.8 or 5.9 (it's the default since 5.10.0):
+ still using 5.8.8 or 5.9 (it's the default since 5.10):
@example
@noindent
in ~/.emacs. If you don't care about width of CJK
- characters or use Gnus 5.10.0 or younger together with a
+ characters or use Gnus 5.10 or younger together with a
recent GNU Emacs, you should say
two suggestions). Finally if you are still using 5.8.8
or 5.9 and experience speed problems with summary
buffer generation, you definitely should update to
- 5.10.0 since there quite some work on improving it has
+ 5.10 since there quite some work on improving it has
been done.
@ifnottex
@end table
@c @bye
+
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+@end ignore
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