From 7f31227e581de50df284eef40cbb54dddaee33fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reiner Steib Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 12:48:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Addition from 5.10.6 tar ball. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ README | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 5dab84c5f..4bcae2bfe 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-04-04 Reiner Steib + + * README: Addition from 5.10.6 tar ball. + 2006-03-31 Reiner Steib * GNUS-NEWS: Generated. diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d66102e07 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +This package contains a beta version of Gnus (beta because the final version +is the one included in Emacs). The lisp directory contains the source lisp +files, and the texi directory contains a draft of the Gnus info pages. + +To use Gnus you first have to unpack the files, which you've obviously +done, because you are reading this. + +You should definitely byte-compile the source files. To do that, you +can simply say "./configure && make" in this directory. + +Do not say "make install". I repeat, do *NOT* say "make install". If +you say "make install" and then complain about things not working, +I'll be very annoyed. If you say "make install" and things happen to +work, that's all fine and dandy for you, but it's quite likely that it +won't. + +If you are using XEmacs, you *must* say "./configure && make EMACS=xemacs". + +Then you have to tell Emacs where Gnus is. You might put something +like + + (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/gnus-5.10/lisp") load-path)) + (require 'gnus-load) + +in your .emacs file, or wherever you keep such things. + +To enable reading the Gnus manual, you could say something like: + + (require 'info) + (if (featurep 'xemacs) + (add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "~/gnus-5.10/texi/") + (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "~/gnus-5.10/texi/")) + +Gnus 5.10 does absolutely not work with anything older than Emacs 20.7 or +XEmacs 21.1. + +To compile the Gnus manual, you either need a pretty new Emacs, or a +pretty new version of the texinfo tools. + +Then you do a `M-x gnus', and everything should... uhm... it should +work, but it might not. Set `debug-on-error' to t, and mail me the +backtraces, or, better yet, find out why Gnus does something wrong, +fix it, and send me the diffs. :-) + +There are four main things I want your help and input on: + +1) Startup. Does everything go smoothly, and why not? + +2) Any errors while you read news normally? + +3) Any errors if you do anything abnormal? + +4) Features you do not like, or do like, but would like to tweak a + bit, and features you would like to see. + +Send any comments and all your bug fixes/complaints to +`bugs@gnus.org'. -- 2.25.1